here i write my thoughts
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
a small short guide on how to setup VSCodium Flatpak on an immutable desktop
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
Leaktracer: A Rust allocator to trace memory allocations
A few days ago, I had a memory issue in one of my Rust applications. The application was huge, and for some reason the memory kept growing with hundreds of gigabytes of memory allocated, but I couldn't find the source of the leak. Of course I know thereā¦
via Christian Visintin BlogJune 26, 2025Status update, June 2025
Hi all! This month, two large patch series have been merged into wlroots! The first one is toplevel capture, which will allow tools such as grim and xdg-desktop-portal-wlr to capture the contents of a specific window. The wlroots side is super simple becauā¦
via emersionJune 20, 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, 2025Exploiting Erlang OTP with Zip files: CVE-2025-4748
Thereās a new Erlang OTP vulnerability, CVE-2025-4748. Itās an Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability involving a Zip archive, which I have a lot of practice with. It affects Erlang OTP, which a coworker has already written about recently and noted the neceā¦
via GreyNoise LabsJune 17, 2025Furries Need To Learn That Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant
Next month, AMC+ is premiering a new series about furries that tracked down sexual abusers hiding within the furry fandom. Itās called, The Furry Detectives: Unmasking A Monster. You can watch the trailer for this below. And I do recommend watching the traā¦
via Dhole MomentsJune 12, 2025Unionize or die
Tech workers have long resisted the suggestion that we should be organized into unions. The topic is consistently met with a cold reception by tech workers when it is raised, and no big tech workforce is meaningfully organized. This is a fatal mistake ā anā¦
via Drew DeVault's blogJune 09, 2025Recently
A little late on this one, but I got around to it! Reading I got stuck on two books: books that I want to enjoy but canāt get any momentum on. So my reading āstatsā are suffering and this is a light year for books so far. But I switched gears to read Glaā¦
via macwright.comJune 06, 2025Elevate hover/focus effects with transitions across multiple elements
You can elevate hover/focus effects by triggering transitions on more than one element. With the right orchestration, you can create more nuanced effects.
via Rob O'Leary | BlogJune 01, 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, 2025The everlasting now
Continuing the experiment. My first post in this series was manually crafted, but coding a static almost-a-site generator, without having to worry about all the interrelationships on the old site was quick, & in Rust terms at least, relatively easy. This iā¦
via Mike KreuzerMay 23, 2025Body::poll_progress
This describes a proposal for a cancelation problem with hyperās request and response bodies. hyper is an HTTP library for the Rust language. Background: what is the Body trait? The Body trait used by hyper is meant to represent a potentially streaming (ā¦
via seanmonstarApril 22, 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, 2025LLDB's TypeSystems: An Unfinished Interface
Well, it's "done". TypeSystemRust has a (semi) working prototype for LLDB 19.x. It doesn't support expressions or MSVC targets (i.e. PDB debug info), and there are a whole host of catastrophic crashes, but it more or less proves what it needs to: Rust's deā¦
via Cracking the ShellMarch 28, 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