2025-06-16
CSS Classes considered harmful
www.keithcirkel.co.uk/css-classes-considered-harmfulThe solution to all of these problems
I humbly put forward that modern web development provides us all the utilities to move away from class names and implement something much more robust, with some fairly straightforward changes:
Attributes
Attributes allow us to parameterise a component using a key-value representation, very similar to Map<string, T>. Browsers come with a wealth of selector functions to parse the values of an attribute.
2025-06-13
What I talk about when I talk about IRs
bernsteinbear.com/blog/irsI have a lot of thoughts about the design of compiler intermediate representations (IRs). In this post I’m going to try and communicate some of those ideas and why I think they are important.
2025-03-21
Life Altering Postgresql Patterns
mccue.dev/pages/3-11-25-life-altering-postgresql-patterns2024-12-17
Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS
sailor.li/aocnds.htmlSolving AoC on the DS with Rust.
Using Nix to Try Tools
entropicthoughts.com/using-nix-to-try-tools2024-10-21
init.py files are optional. Here’s why you should still use them
dev.arie.bovenberg.net/blog/still-use-init-py2024-10-16
Damas-Hindley-Milner inference two ways
bernsteinbear.com/blog/type-inference2024-09-25
in which interactive development saves the day
technomancy.us/1892024-09-18
Typescript is surprisingly ok for compilers
matklad.github.io/2023/08/17/typescript-is-surprisingly-ok-for-compilers.html2024-09-16
Technical Writing One introduction
developers.google.com/tech-writing/one2024-07-09
Using use in Gleam
erikarow.land/notes/using-use-gleam2024-06-26
A (more) Modern CSS Reset
piccalil.li/blog/a-more-modern-css-resetYou probably wrote half a monad by accident
gieseanw.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/you-probably-wrote-half-a-monad-by-accident2024-06-20
Go's 'range over function' iterators and avoiding iteration errors
utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoIteratorsAndAvoidingMistakes2024-06-14
CAUSAL.AGENCY(7)
causal.agencyI make mostly IRC software in C. I like OpenBSD but also the GPL. I just want to read books and try to learn to be kinder. When I can I'd like to talk to strangers and experience more magic.
2024-06-13
Solving SAT via Positive Supercompilation
hirrolot.github.io/posts/sat-supercompilation.htmlAvoid Linux locking up in low memory situations using earlyoom
dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-09-28-earlyoom.htmlThis article presents the program earlyoom to prevent a Linux system to lock up in low memory situations.
Optimal SQLite settings for Django
gcollazo.com/optimal-sqlite-settings-for-djangoThere’s plenty of information out there on how to scale Django to handle numerous requests per second, but most of it…
2024-06-12
My experience crafting an interpreter with Rust
ceronman.com/2021/07/22/my-experience-crafting-an-interpreter-with-rustLast year I finally decided to learn some Rust. The official book by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols is excellent, but even after reading it and working on some small code exercises, I felt that I …
2024-06-11
Exploring Gleam, a type-safe language on the BEAM!
christopher.engineering/en/blog/gleam-overviewFrom Erlang, to Elixir and now, GLEAM!?