2025-09-23
Cap'n Web: A new RPC system for browsers and web servers
blog.cloudflare.com/capnweb-javascript-rpc-libraryCap'n Web is a new open source, JavaScript-native RPC protocol for use in browsers and web servers. It provides the expressive power of Cap'n Proto, but with no schemas and no boilerplate.
2025-06-26
Box combinators
mmapped.blog/posts/41-box-combinators.htmlIn functional programming,
combinator libraries refer to a design style that emphasizes bottom-up program construction.
Such libraries define a few core data types
and provide constructors—functions that create initial objects—and combinators—functions that build larger objects from smaller pieces.Combinators enable the programmer to use intuitive visual and spatial reasoning
that’s vastly more powerful than linear language processing.
As a result, solving problems with combinators feels like playing with lego pieces.
2025-05-06
Debian installation with encrypted BTRFS
chaos.tomaskral.eu/guides/debian-encrypted-btrfs-root2025-03-18
CASCII - ASCII Diagram Builder
cascii.appA well-equipped ASCII diagram builders freely available on the internet.
It stresses portability, simplicity, and immediateness.
2025-01-17
Earthstar
earthstar-project.orgStorage for private, distributed, offline-first applications. Earthstar is a specification and JavaScript library for building connected applications owned and run by their users.
2024-10-21
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/1892024-08-14
A Flexible Minimalist Neovim for 2024
wickstrom.tech/2024-08-12-a-flexible-minimalist-neovim.html2024-06-24
Counting Immutable Beans: Reference Counting Optimized for Purely Functional Programming
arxiv.org/abs/1908.05647Most functional languages rely on some garbage collection for automatic memory management. They usually eschew reference counting in favor of a tracing garbage collector, which has less bookkeeping overhead at runtime. On the other hand, having an exact reference count of each value can enable optimizations, such as destructive updates. We explore these optimization opportunities in the context of an eager, purely functional programming language. We propose a new mechanism for efficiently reclaiming memory used by nonshared values, reducing stress on the global memory allocator. We describe an approach for minimizing the number of reference counts updates using borrowed references and a heuristic for automatically inferring borrow annotations. We implemented all these techniques in a new compiler for an eager and purely functional programming language with support for multi-threading. Our preliminary experimental results demonstrate our approach is competitive and often outperforms state-of-the-art compilers.
Microfeatures I Love in Blogs and Personal Websites
danilafe.com/blog/blog_microfeaturesIn this post, I talk about pleasant but seemingly minor features in personal sites
2024-06-20
build2 | C/C++ Build Toolchain
build2.orgbuild2 is an open source (MIT), cross-platform build toolchain that aims to approximate Rust Cargo's convenience for developing and packaging C/C++ projects while providing more depth and flexibility, especially in the build system.
Why does SQLite (in production) have such a bad rep?
avi.im/blag/2024/sqlite-bad-rep2024-06-19
Pimalaya
pimalaya.orgOfficial website of the Pimalaya project.
2024-06-18
Understanding SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: A Simple Guide
github.com/nicanorflavier/spf-dkim-dmarc-simplified2024-06-14
interstar/cardigan-bay: A new wiki engine in Clojure ...
github.com/interstar/cardigan-bayA single-user “wiki” engine powering the ThoughtStorms wiki.