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Retro Gaming · by Aarav Sharma · 2026-09-07

Notes from a very normal rainy evening with Retro Gaming with a chaotic constraint

Part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the playlist for a while.

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Jiho Lee · 4 likes

Can you share what you tried before this? My only addition is to make the first step visible.

Rizky Pratama · 2 likes

That is a surprisingly elegant way to frame it. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability.

Tiny Panda · 1 likes

This is genuinely helpful, thanks for writing it out. I noticed the same thing in Nairobi.

Aarav Sharma · 6 likes

@curious_runner66 Noted, and thank you.

Oliver Smith · 4 likes

Beautifully concise.

Aarav Sharma · 2 likes

Respectfully, I see it the other way.

Piotr Zieliński · 0 likes

I like the idea, but the setup probably matters a lot.

Chinedu Adeyemi · 1 likes

@pl_rider99 I am stealing that phrase.

Ren Suzuki · 0 likes

I think the bad version of this advice causes a lot of frustration. The lunch break version is even more interesting.