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.
2025-06-18
zb beta released
www.zombiezen.com/blog/2025/06/zb-beta-releasezb is a tool for reproducibly building software, similar to Bazel.
(See the comparison page if you’re curious to know the differences.)
When a software build process is reproducible,
it will produce the exact same output
when given the same inputs.
Reproducibility is a desirable property for a software build process to have:
it simplifies debugging,
it enables build speed-ups,
and it is essential for digital supply chain security.
However, reproducibility is a difficult goal to achieve.
2025-02-04
Running a Debian Sid on Ubuntu
blogops.mixinet.net/posts/incus2025-01-07
Write your own tiny programming system(s)!
d3s.mff.cuni.cz/teaching/nprg0772024-11-22
New stuff in Emacs 30
www.mgmarlow.com/words/2024-07-28-emacs-30-newsReading through the Emacs 30 NEWS file and picking
out the stuff I think is the most interesting.
2024-10-10
Gnome Files: A detailed UI examination | datagubbe.se
www.datagubbe.se/gnomefiles2024-09-25
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.html2024-08-08
More than 200 orphaned Debian packages moved to git, 216 to go
www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/More_than_200_orphaned_Debian_packages_moved_to_git__216_to_go.html2024-06-28
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html2024-06-26
A reckless introduction to Hindley-Milner type inference
reasonableapproximation.net/2019/05/05/hindley-milner.html2024-06-21
On testing Go code using the standard library | Henrique Vicente
henvic.dev/posts/testing-goMost programming language ecosystems provide assert functions in their testing libraries but not Go's. Go's standard testing package follows a more direct and to-the-point approach.
2024-06-18
Understanding SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: A Simple Guide
github.com/nicanorflavier/spf-dkim-dmarc-simplified2024-06-17
OpenBSD, the computer appliance maker's secret weapon
hiandrewquinn.github.io/til-site/posts/openbsd-the-computer-appliance-maker-s-secret-weaponBetween our ESP32 prokaryotic organisms and our 24/7 Internet-enabled megafauna servers, there exists a vast and loosely-defined ecosystem of things the B2B world likes to call computer appliances. Picture a bespoke Pi 4 packaged up neatly with some Python scripts, a little fancy plastic embossing, and maybe a well-guarded id_ed25519.pub in case you end up in hot water during the (long - very long, stable cash flow for generations long) maintenance contract, and you’re in the ballpark.
2024-06-14
Putting Go's Context package into context
blog.meain.io/2024/golang-contextpounce - IRC bouncer
git.causal.agency/pounce/about2024-06-13
Building Go programs with Nix Flakes
xeiaso.net//blog/nix-flakes-go-programs2024-06-11
Self-serve dashboards
briefer.cloud/blog/posts/self-serve-bi-mythSales pitches are the only place where “self-serve dashboards" work. In the real world, it's a different story.
Why "business" people don't use metabase/power-bi.
2024-06-10
On Dependency Usage in Rust
landaire.net/on-dependency-usage-in-rustRust and Node aren't bad for encouraging dependency use -- your favorite language's tools just suck.
2024-06-09
Piku
piku.github.io/index.htmlpiku, inspired by dokku, allows you do git push deployments to your own servers, no matter how small they are.