Symmetrically, I didn't even know he was a writer or had a writing newsletter, so you've expanded my reality :)

Wow. That article is fantastic. I really regret only having been reading his other newsletter (which is writing focused), as the lab one is just as wonderful.

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

 that inspired me so much.  Between that one, and the one you linked, I think he taps into the beauty and the magic of making things, of just doing shit because there is something powerful in doing and making.

I can't tell if it's me or if it's the times.  I guess maybe the latter, since people are sharing it.  We all have the same vitamin deficiency.

mostly_harmless

An app can be a home-cooked meal -- Robin Sloan on coding for yourself

He wrote another article, on [creating his own protocol](https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/specifying-spring-83/) that inspired me so much.  Between that one, and the one you linked, I think he taps into the beauty and the magic of making things, of just doing shit because there is something powerful in doing and making.

I can't tell if it's me or if it's the times.  I guess maybe the latter, since people are sharing it.  We all have the same vitamin deficiency.