2025-06-12
Always do Extra
www.bennorthrop.com/Essays/2021/always-do-extra.phpExtra is different than More. Extra is finishing those two screens, but then researching a new library for form validation that might reduce the boilerplate code. Or it's learning ways to protect against common security vulnerabilities from data entry. These little off-ramps from the main highway of Normal Work could be dead-ends and not have any practical value to the project. But they might also be important contributions. And that's the thing with Extra. While the tangible value to the project is uncertain (it could be nothing this time or it could be something), the value to you is real.
2025-05-30
The PGP Problem
www.latacora.com/blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problemWhy do people keep telling me to use PGP? The answer is that they shouldn’t be telling you that, because PGP is bad and needs to go away.
2025-05-23
Async from scratch 1: What's in a Future, anyway? | natkr's ramblings
natkr.com/2025-04-10-async-from-scratch-1There are a lot of guides about how to use async Rust from a "user's
perspective", but I think it's also worth understanding how it
works, what those async blocks actually mean.
2025-05-15
Writing that changed how I think about PL
bernsteinbear.com/blog/pl-writingEvery so often I come across a paper, blog post, or (occasionally) video that completely changes how I think about a topic in programming languages and compilers. For some of these posts, I can’t even remember how I thought about the idea before reading it—it was that impactful.
2025-04-24
Instrumenting Axum projects
determinate.systems/posts/instrumenting-axum2025-03-13
Building interactive web pages with Guile Hoot
spritely.institute/news/building-interactive-web-pages-with-guile-hoot.html2025-01-09
if got, want: A Simple Way to Write Better Go Tests
mtlynch.io/if-got-want-improve-go-tests2024-10-16
Damas-Hindley-Milner inference two ways
bernsteinbear.com/blog/type-inference2024-08-18
Permacomputing
permacomputing.netPermacomputing is both a concept and a community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology inspired by permaculture.
2024-08-14
A Flexible Minimalist Neovim for 2024
wickstrom.tech/2024-08-12-a-flexible-minimalist-neovim.html2024-06-20
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.
2024-06-19
Aurora - Python Static Site Generator
aurora.jamesg.blogAurora: An extensible, Python-based static site generator.
Pimalaya
pimalaya.orgOfficial website of the Pimalaya project.
2024-06-17
Sqlc: 2024 check in — brandur.org
brandur.org/fragments/sqlc-20242024-06-14
Nix as a WebAssembly build tool
determinate.systems/posts/nix-wasm2024-06-13
Category Theory for Programmers: The Preface
bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-programmers-the-prefaceMy personal C coding style as of late 2023
nullprogram.com/blog/2023/10/08An easy-to-implement, arena-friendly hash map
nullprogram.com/blog/2023/09/302024-06-11
Exploring Gleam, a type-safe language on the BEAM!
christopher.engineering/en/blog/gleam-overviewFrom Erlang, to Elixir and now, GLEAM!?
NetBSD 10 on a Pinebook Pro laptop
www.idatum.net/netbsd-10-on-a-pinebook-pro-laptop.htmlI've been running NetBSD on a RockPro64 since NetBSD 10-BETA, and I'm still happy with it now with NetBSD 10-RELEASE. I'm always looking for hardware to hack NetBSD though, and I recently watched a FOSDEM 2024 video: NetBSD 10: Thirty years, still going strong!. The Pinebook Pro laptop was mentioned at one point, which has the same RockChip SoC as the RockPro64. That reminded me I'd been wanting to give this inexpensive ARM 64 laptop a try.