For someone who says they are overcome by scope creep, they sure do seem to get a lot done — so many linked articles on all sorts of topics at the end of the post.
I think the author is indeed someone who just really enjoys learning and doing all sorts of things, so the rabbitholing is part of the fun that tickles their brain.
I like the bait-and-switch here. “Let’s make my own app” which almost made me tab out, followed by an interesting dive into the perils of uniqueness in ISBN. I would still say overspecifying is better than under!
Looks like 2007 shows a 404, so maybe there are a few tiny gaps. Still, over 23 years of constant blogging is pretty awesome indeed. It’s in stark contrast to blogspot pages I’ve found that stopped in 2011