someodd

Haskell. Gopher.

GitHub: https://github.com/someodd
Website: https://www.someodd.zip
Gopherhole: gopher://gopher.someodd.zip/
XMPP: someodd@xmpp.someodd.zip

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2026-05-27 15:42:14 UTC

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I often run models locally, because as FOSS enthusiasts perhaps we best be careful what we consider the primary concern. It's rarely the tech itself, but rather the nature surrounding its existence. In this pattern, we should remain encouraging self-hosting when it comes to "the cloud." Short text LLM use is comparable to ordinary cloud use, not catastrophic.
Try my Chinese model over Gopher.

2026-05-27 15:18:22 UTC

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y'all need to join my IRC/xmpp chat. Here's a link to use it in Gopher which keeps scrollback for you: gopher://gopher.someodd.zip:70/1/applets/girc.lhs
😊🙏
More service info: gopher://gopher.someodd.zip:70/1/regarding_someodd/services/

2026-05-08 04:04:20 UTC

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I just use my software #bartleby to maintain a library catalog of almost everything in my Gopherhole, which includes generating atom feeds. See: gopher://gopher.someodd.zip:70/1library/catalog

2026-05-08 00:03:53 UTC

#whisperradio is now reachable via #Gopher, served by my #venusia, relayed by a Literate #Haskell script (Markdown):
* runghc is too slow, can't pin deps/GHC
* So I built a launcher that compiles/fetches cache
* Each literate script declares its own deps + resolver
Try it:
nc gopher.someodd.zip 70 <<< /applets/icecast.lhs | mpv --no-cache -
Messy writeup (cataloged with my #bartleby):
gopher://gopher.someodd.zip/1/library/regarding_someodd/opensource/gopher_applet_spec

2026-01-22 02:19:32 UTC

I feel like I must apologize publicly for being flakey and hard to reach at times
I've been battling with severe sleep issues that makes the smallest of tasks daunting

2026-01-16 00:55:24 UTC

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extremely cool. Let's be friends and talk more on IRC or something?

2026-01-15 22:04:27 UTC

Modern web needs like 100MB just to say "Hello World". I went the other way.
Introducing GASM: A Gopher server in pure i386 Assembly.
💾 Binary: 1.5KB
🧠 RAM: 24KB (Verified with pmap)
🚫 Dependencies: 0 (No libc, pure syscalls)
🦕 Min Spec: Intel 386DX (1985)
Probably runs on the shittiest hardware you can find, or on your Ryzen 9.
https://github.com/someodd/gasm
#assembly #gopher #lowlevel #linux #retrocomputing #foss

2025-04-08 12:04:40 UTC

Anyone ever check out Granule?
https://granule-project.github.io/granule.html
Which programming languages (bonus for the strange and academic) excite you?

2025-03-15 06:52:58 UTC

Private namespaces are frustrating in my opinion.
its better off as a warning/sugguestion like starting a name with an underscore to say "hey beware there be dragons here," or "you know there's probably a nicer way of doing this?"
I keep running into wanting to extend Haskell code, but a lot of Haskell libraries overzealously hide everything they don't want to be the public facing API .

2025-03-04 19:48:07 UTC

If you appreciate the #GopherProtocol please reply/like/repost.
I have something to ask of the community!