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qarkon CSS gets a new logo and it uses the color `rebeccapurple`

Is there any link that explains why this particular shade of purple was chosen to represent Rebecca?

qarkon Ask HN: How to move from traditional tech into game dev?

For me, the path has been to start at a web developer, then building up more and more advanced skills to end up in making browser-based games as a profession. Perhaps my skills and end results wouldn’t be very impressive compared to a more hardcore real gam dev, but it the salary and benefits are well on par with a regular job and I get to do fun things at work.

I recommend going down this path as a front end engineer.

qarkon Ask HN: Are companies becoming increasingly pushy? If so why?

I work for a popular web app. We restricted anonymous access just a few weeks ago. The argument was that “no other major platform offers so much without login”.

My take on is that it’s a trend to follow the big guys, just like other faang-led movements like microservices etc