We have all been there, at least once in life. The door opens and a special kind of odor slinks its way up your nose. The gym.

Eating fast food is like tasting the spirit of authenticity. This is the analogy that comes to mind when I try to understand why I have such admiration for and disgust with mainstream pop, hip-hop, and rap music.

Let's write a game engine from scratch in javascript without any AI help. That is right, 100% pure manmade code. How hard can it be?

I must confess. There is this pet peeve I have. Whenever I come across a project, website, or app which sports the default favicon (favorite icon) of whatever framework, tool, or library used to make said project, website, or app, I cannot help but be disappointed. Nay, more than disappointed, the emotion comes close to that of disgust.

Java, the language everyone loves to hate. Long has it garnered the reputation of a stagnant, obtuse, bloated beast only used by those who have no other choice because some enterprise corporate believed the hype train of the 90s. But is that all still true today?