here i write my thoughts
Let's revisit packaging with SCMSync workflow
Written on: 2025-07-20
Updated on: 2025-07-21
Why I stopped maintaining Julia in openSUSE
Written on: 2025-05-15
incompatibilities in build system and environment
Exploring Efficient Ways To Package Rust Software in openSUSE
Written on: 2024-08-22
Updated on: 2024-11-10
Local Remote Development with VSCode
Written on: 2024-09-12
a small short guide on how to setup VSCodium Flatpak on an immutable desktop
Using SSH keys with TPM and Git
Written on: 2024-05-05
So my mentor has already made a post about how to use TPMs in openSUSE. I followed a bit, did some weird stuff because it doesn't work at first. It turns out I made a typo and missed a flag š„“
I fell in love with Rust
Written on: 2024-04-23
For quite some time, I am getting more interested in programming languages that have good documentation, a large community and accelerating adoption in various sectors in the industry.
Technology is the cause of all the braindrain
Written on: 2024-02-12
I haven't finished reading Amusing ourselves to death. But it is kind of obvious that the result of technology's effects on youth and how tech companies pursue this abuse of cocktail concoction of digā¦
The problem with today's research and academic writing
Written on: 2024-02-12
A recent study about how citations are manipulatable have caused controversy in the integrity and honesty of those in academia.
Calling Executables Outside Distrobox That Are From Another Distrobox
Written on: 2023-08-06
Updated on: 2024-01-30
Non-technicals, why am I not a purist, and other stuff
Written on: 2024-01-12
Updated on: 2024-01-14
At least 2 years being part of open source, I feel like I am witnessing an age where the future of open source and its movement is uncertain. Open source has come a long way where computing has becomeā¦
What to look forward on 2024
Written on: 2023-12-31
To be honest I am just writing this out of boredom. I have lots of plans for next year and I was hoping they won't go awry, at least.
Opinion: Sustainable development is unsustainable
Written on: 2023-12-19
How come that the most sought after solution to our problems in sustainability is actually NOT REAL?
Why Philippine Institutions Should Use FOSS
Written on: 2023-10-01
Updated on: 2023-10-11
raising awareness about Free and Open Source Software in the Filipino Nation
Change of plans and priorities
Written on: 2023-09-26
Updated on: 2023-09-26T17:10:39Z
what it means for my future
First impressions on my first non-Google email provider
Written on: 2023-09-19
Updated on: 2023-09-20T21:28:31Z
my first step in de-Googling
I should have learned about state machines!
Written on: 2023-09-15
How to think logic as a form of states
Packaging Crystal Software for openSUSE
Written on: 2023-07-31
a tutorial on how to package Crystal software
VSCodium Flatpak on openSUSE Aeon
Written on: 2023-07-14
Updated on: 2023-07-15
a small short guide on how to setup VSCodium Flatpak on an immutable desktop
Is Linux (as a desktop) normie friendly already?
Written on: 2023-04-27
Updated on: 2023-04-29
we are not there yet and maybe for a long time
Why am I still using Firefox?
Written on: 2023-04-22
features, controversies, and the state of the web
A new fresh blog site
Written on: 2022-12-04
Updated on: 2023-04-02
and why i decided to create a new theme
My experience in Mastodon and Federation
Written on: 2022-12-08
Updated on: 2023-04-02
and why i think it's a breath of fresh air in social networking
Writing my own tree-sitter grammar
Written on: 2022-12-14
Updated on: 2023-04-02
and for a good reason
Articles from blogs I follow around the net
Porteur bag 2
Back in May, I wrote about a custom porteur bag that I sewed for use on my bike. That bag served me well on two trips - a solo ride up to Brewster and back, and my semi-yearly ride on the Empire State Trail, from Poughkeepsie to Brooklyn in two days. But ā¦
via macwright.comSeptember 27, 2025Cloudflare bankrolls fascists
US politics has been pretty fascist lately. The state is filling up concentration camps, engaging in mass state violence against people on the basis of racialized traits, deporting them to random countries without any respect for habeas corpus, exerting stā¦
via Drew DeVault's blogSeptember 24, 2025Baseline 2024 newly available - text-wrap: pretty
I was trying out text-wrap: pretty on my website. It didnāt appear to do anything. Is it a bug?
via Rob O'Leary | BlogSeptember 22, 2025Are You Under the Influence? The Tail That Wags The Dog
It is tempting and forgivable to believe that weāre in control of our social media experiences. After all, we write what we want in our bio, select our avatars, and even come up with our own handles. We decide who we follow, what we post, and which recommeā¦
via Dhole MomentsSeptember 17, 2025Package Managers are Evil
n.b. This is a written version of a dialogue from a YouTube video: 2 Language Creators vs 2 Idiots | The Standup Package managers (for programming languages) are evil1. To start, I need to make a few distinctions between concepts a lot of programmers mix uā¦
via Articles on gingerBillSeptember 08, 2025Podcast: Netstack.fm, story of Rust's networking with hyper
Last week I was a guest on the Netstack podcast. We talked abit about how I got into Rust, how async Rust developed, and the story behind hyper and its surrounding ecoystem. We started (and ended) with my goal of better software: On your about page, yā¦
via seanmonstarSeptember 02, 2025i'm bored, so here's a useless 0day
i either want my US$2.5k professional-grade device backdoored or not at all
via maia blogAugust 20, 2025Status update, August 2025
Hi! This month Iāve spent quite some time working on vali, a C library and code generator for the Varlink IPC protocol. It was formerly named āvarlinkgenā, but the new name is shorter and more accurate (the library can be used without the code generator). ā¦
via emersionAugust 16, 2025PRs taking too long to be reviewed
Introduction I think there's something every developer working in an environment where PR must be reviewed has experienced: PRs taking too long to be reviewed. Every company has its own process for assigning reviews and setting the amount of minimumā¦
via Christian Visintin BlogAugust 14, 2025The PoC Pollution Problem: How AI-Generated Exploits Are Poisoning Detection Engineering
As detection engineers, we live and breathe the cycle of vulnerability disclosure, proof-of-concept (PoC) analysis, and signature development. When CVE-2024-XXXXX drops on a Tuesday morning, weāre already pulling GitHub repositories, scanning blog posts, aā¦
via GreyNoise LabsJuly 30, 2025Testing multiple versions of Python in parallel
Daniel Roy Greenfeld wrote about how to test your code for multiple versions of Python using `uv`. I follow up with a small improvement to the Makefile.
via Technically PersonalJuly 21, 2025LLDB's TypeSystems Part 2: PDB
In my previous post, I described implementing PDB parsing as a can of worms. That might have been a bit of an understatement. PDB has been one "oh, it's gonna be twice as much work as I thought" after another. Implementing it has revealed many of the same ā¦
via Cracking the ShellJuly 07, 2025Contra Ptacek's Terrible Article On AI
A few days ago, I was presented with an article titled āMy AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nutsā by Thomas Ptacek. I thought it was not very good, and didn't give it a second thought. To quote the formidable Baldur Bjarnason: āI donāt recommend reading it, butā¦
via LudicityJune 19, 2025Generative AI will probably make blogs better
Generative AI will probably make blogs better. Have you ever searched for something on Google and found the first one, two, or three blog posts to be utter nonsense? That's because these blog posts have been optimized not for human consumption, but rather ā¦
via pcloadletterMay 30, 2025#Rx Writing Challenge 2025
This is a short reflection on my experience of the recent writing challenge I took part in. Over the past two weeks, I have participated in the #RxWritingChallenge 1āa daily, 30-minute writing group starting at 9 AM every morning. Surrounded by fellow doctā¦
via Ul-lingaApril 05, 2025My coffee workflow
My coffee workflow by Clement Delafargue on April 1, 2025 Tagged as: coffee, espresso, flair58, v60. It is my first April coolsā and I guess I could start by talking about coffee. If youāve seen me in person, it wonāt be a surprise, I guess. This poā¦
via ClƩment Delafargue - RSS feedApril 01, 2025Simple Web Augmented Generation
A guide to building a simple web application using augmented generation.
via Ishan WritesMarch 10, 2025Backup Yubikey Strategy
After a local security meetup where I presented about Webauthn, I had a really interesting chat with a member about a possible Yubikey management strategy. Normally when you purchase a yubikey it's recommended that you buy two of them - one primary and oneā¦
via Firstyear's blog-a-logFebruary 28, 2025Generated by openring-rs