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Mermaid JS

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Mermaid... and not the Disney kind, the JavaScript kind:  https://mermaid.js.org/ For quite some time now I've been using draw.io / diagrams.net (instead of the previous usage of Visio that cost money from M$oft) Whilst I love using Draw.io - it is very flexible, it is great for visually describing what I need to express to other people in nice simple graphical representation ( as I have found no-one seems to want to READ anymore, they want videos, pictures / images or diagrams ), which makes life interesting doing my work / work job role, it does have some limitations.... and this is the same no matter what tool you use and that is keeping it updated / current and a single-source of truth. The other BONUS was that Draw.io did NOT require you to use an online service - you can download / install the software ( yes, I know, an alien concept for a certain Gen Z. population - but it has HUGE benefits that are not part of your world, ie. some of us aren't "connected 24/7&quo

Internet Artifacts: a year a slide

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  https://neal.fun/internet-artifacts/  It's a journey back in time to the beginnings of what has become a daily part of life for most of us today – the Internet. Neal has unearthed a few gems that might make some laugh or bring tears to their eyes. Somehow, the web used to be a better, more colourful, and more free place than it is today. But let's be optimistic. Someday, someone will look back at the 2020s and say:  Remember back in the good old days... No, no they won't.  Why not? well, people in general today (Gen Z's) are users and mostly not creators.* Well, that was a flaming generalistic statement to make & will probably get me 'cancelled' - however, it is a much deeper conversation starter that I'm not going to attempt to embrace in textual verbage here, instead enjoy the trip down memory lane: https://neal.fun/internet-artifacts/ go buy the guy a coffee too. *note the final date in the list... not much has happened really since 2007, has it?...