Yeah, I'm not even going to try to comment on this past week. I can say I had two interviews, which I think went well, and I finished some demos I've been working for a while, so that's a positive. Outside of that, just want to not think too much about the state of things and focus on sharing awesome, nutritious links for you to enjoy.

Intl and Segmenters

You know me and you know I love the Intl API, so first up is a look at getting accurate text lengths using Intl and the Segmenter feature. This post comes to us from Sangeeth Sudheer with the nicely named "Automagic" blog.

Flight Data to the Database

Next up is an incredibly cool post that demonstrates streaming real-time flight data from MS Flight Simulator into InfluxDB 3. I've been a fan of Microsoft's Flight Sim since version 1 or so, but I had no idea you could hook into the data being generated from it. Heather Downing does a great job explaining all the details here, and it's definitely worth a read.

An Intro from Doctor JavaScript

Ok, "Doctor JavaScript" isn't a name he goes by, but it just suddenly made sense to me, so I'm going with it. I've shared posts from Dr. Axel Rauschmayer many times here and he easily the world's expert on JavaScript and has an incredibly deep understanding of the language. Last month, he began a new series for people learning web development that I recommend checking out, even if you've been in the biz for a while. As of today, he has 12 comprehensive posts covering multiple different aspects. Check it out!

Just For Fun

Last up is an incredible song by a new artist (new to me anyway), John Glacier. That's not the artist's real name, but is instead the stage name of a rapper from England. You can read more about her here, an article from 2022, so I was definitely late in discovering her. Anyway, this track is absolutely incredible: