Hey @anil.recoil.org do you have a writeup somewhere of how your website works? I visited it for the first time in a while and see some things I'd like to steal π
Hey @anil.recoil.org do you have a writeup somewhere of how your website works? I visited it for the first time in a while and see some things I'd like to steal π
Dear lazyweb, if I wanted to build a compiler back-end that targeted multiple architectures (x84-64, arm64, maybe WASM), is there a standard-ish intermediate representation I could take as input? Ideally something simpler than LLVM IR?
Can't shake the feeling that no one is in charge at Marvel.
youtu.be/kH1XlwHQv9o?...
The more I look into containers and Nix (and related) the more I feel like Docker squandered a golden opportunity by making Dockerfiles be essentially shell scripts rather declarative specifications for reproducible builds.
Starting to do some sysadmin and server deployment work and really wishing there was a bastard love child of Docker, Nix and Alpine Linux. With a sane scripting language of course.
What's the best way to generate a good looking PDF and a decent looking webpage from the same source? Looks like Typst just added an initial version of their HTML output, but maybe Latex is still the most mature and capable?
What is Orena?
Is this good or bad?
The language itself is pretty good, though I'm not thrilled by a lot of the tooling and ecosystem around it. Hopefully there's a way of writing usable code in it that keeps the messiness at bay.
I should suck it up and learn to program properly in TypeScript. There's a growing list of software that I'd like to use and extend that uses TypeScript (Obsidian, Lume, Fedify), not to mention its utility for web programming.
Yeah, I think you're right. I don't know if I would use it for programming, but for a website, or note-taking it seems nice. I think I'll stick to Catppuccin for programming for now.
I'm a sucker for a good color scheme, and Flexoki by Stephan Ango is a keeper. It's similar to Solarized but brighter and with more contrast. And yes, I am tempted to adapt it as a color scheme for my site.
stephango.com/flexoki
Some thoughts on re-asserting ownership in age where everything is rented:
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I wrote about my Steam Spring Sale haul, which made me think about the positive effects of getting things for yourself.
v4.basus.me/journal/2025...
I found the Picotron, a retro-nostalgic computing experiment that is "a Fantasy Workstation: a self-contained creative environment built for imaginary hardware".
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For today's Sunday Selection, I collected some things that have influenced my thinking on mastery over the last year.
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This week I finally came around to the idea of using LLMs for programming, especially when it comes to building home-cooked software: v4.basus.me/journal/2024...
Added my first Bay Area restaurant to my to-go list on Google Maps today.
Love how modern CSS makes it easy to make complex custom layouts so that we can spend all our time pixel peeping.
Today's Sunday Selection contains a smattering of homegrown websites and the first non-fiction book I've read this year.
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I moved my bookmarks from Pinboard to Raindrop and in the process realized that I have bookmarks going back all the way to 2016. Sadly, a lot of the oldest links are now dead. Memento mori, this too shall pass, all things are impermanent, etc. etc.
Why is FREEDOM not an option?
I put together a little script to help me keep track of what work I've done during the day, and in the process got much more comfortable with shell scripting.
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Iβm totally gonna watch this, but likeβ¦ why?!
Iβve been considering Darkroom, at least on Apple devices.
darkroom.co
Lightroom replacement?
How do you get it to work with Deno? Iβm pretty new to Typescript, still figuring out package management.
I really want to go deep into a programming language and ecosystem, but every project I can think of involves a different one.
Ahh Racket, the rabbit hole programming language!
How are you implementing the editor?