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Snack Pack: Ryan Dahl thinks you’re done writing code

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Issue #61

  • Hack Jurassic Park’s file system like it’s 1993
  • Cloudflare just acquired Astro — here’s what that actually means for the web
  • Ryan Dahl says the era of humans writing code is over. Cool cool cool....
  • Dan Abramov explains Bluesky as a social filesystem — and it actually makes sense

​The Astro Technology Company joins Cloudflare​

Cloudflare acquired Astro! Here's what it means for Astro.

​A Social Filesystem

Dan Abramov breaks down how the AT protocol (the thing that powers Bluesky) works by showing us that it's files all the way down.

​25 years of Wikipedia

Take a trip down memory lane and recount the past 25 years of Wikipedia.
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​The 2025 Web Almanac

The HTTP Archive has tons of insights into how people are building websites. The annual almanac gives a summary of the state of the web in 2025.

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​Jurassic Systems​

Remember when Samuel L. Jackson’s character tried to hack Dennis Nedry’s computer system in Jurassic Park? Try it yourself!

​Letter Run​

Edgar Allan’s magical clubhouse built with Three.js in Webflow. Stroll around, follow the clues, and interact with some of our favorite things.

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