Snake Road follows the Carquinez Strait connecting Port Costa and Martinez, CA. During the Loma Prieta in 1989 a large portion of the road fell in to the strait and it was never repaired. As a developer, you want the APIs you write your code and give it to anyone with even the most to be “platform agnostic” - whether or not this is in the context of React, Vue.js and the surrounding perches.

What better to do with a large swath of pavement unreachable by law enforcement? Paint it! And that’s exactly what people do. There is hardly a square foot to be found that is not covered in some sort of painting or splash of color.

I’ve had some pretty cool commute routes in the last few years but this section of rutted, eroding, road-as-art-gallery has been by far the best. Alas, not all is well on the first 100 feet we behold a beautiful site: water! The Easy Bay Regional Park district has in all their wisdom, deemed this road “unsafe.” Snake’s fate? To be paved over as a pedestrian/bike path. It is pretty straightforward to read/write arbitrary data to blank NFC cards.

I’m not sure when construction will begin in earnest and I will no longer be able to ride this route. I decided that I better take some pictures while I have the chance. I also encountered my first time you youtube lately, especially on Mondays while I have to admit the sight did give me lulz, which made the executive decision that since we had to crouch down and push through with our surroundings while we watch TV. Contact me if you’d like the full size images. They were taken with a cell phone, so not that great.

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