2026-07-22T17:47:47Z https://yabu.me Andrew Kelley https://yabu.me/npub1v5nnp42pq83r34k7ja08ss92la9vagjy8qkwye9wnv9s4jy3vwtsehyt9x https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/870/638/original/c5dd20a3588ce96a.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/870/638/original/c5dd20a3588ce96a.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyawsr9zuf9fjwmpm9rutkwsng88tewm4vvegm6hwnp6kgd03rg6qzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewq03klg I&#39;ve been sleeping on Krita (FOSS digital painting software) big time 2026-07-14T09:37:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs93sem8qfskuhnfvfqf7svhd9a2x7nhlsnmks6npu3th8stumdsjczypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew36chp6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf0xlrcqx845rm5fq563k60th5tnzngf0weezajtwp9apxx9zpezqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43q4dmr4h'>nevent1q…mr4h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq09f4fyf3nlr8l5hkspvfe3a8ncazkyj3cguv6z3pclru64gg2z5qftj05z" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq09f4fyf3nlr8l5hkspvfe3a8ncazkyj3cguv6z3pclru64gg2z5qftj05z</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…j05z</span>)</a></span> but even done poorly is extremely disruptive and rearranges your neurons to some degree 2026-07-14T09:31:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxce3xpjpc7fe40pv7wgh08weqqftmqm0vatfz64fqdpm9s2h9vgszypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew2lmnjl Advertisement is literally non-consensual mind control 2026-07-12T16:33:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst2ad7pm4m89c2gh4dtkaka4646lc30kl3r6et0ah350dt0ae3j4szypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewtzmhg3 My Thoughts on the Bun Rust Rewrite<br/><br/><a href="https://andrewkelley.me/post/my-thoughts-bun-rust-rewrite.html">https://andrewkelley.me/post/my-thoughts-bun-rust-rewrite.html</a> 2026-07-09T10:11:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs04e2f2f9sd20xpa8aypr9f3gu86qyv7a5768us5hp055l9xc20nszypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewr32hry zig now ships its package management functionality in source form and compiles it on demand<br/><br/><a href="https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-06-30">https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-06-30</a> 2026-07-01T01:11:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8t7cdypqtmmj0u3q7fc4tla5l50wehqhr9u9w82f47p08nwdhe6szypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew7e2k80 don&#39;t worry everyone. codeberg is down, but thankfully, we all collectively, wisely invested in version control technology that stores issue metadata, merge request metadata, and user account metadata in the same decentralized manner as the code, so we can continue to work like normal, and periodically synchronize with each other, peer-to-peer style<br/><br/>good thing we didn&#39;t foolishly all get used to using a separate DB for metadata that causes vendor lock in and requires high web server uptime 2026-06-28T03:14:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7f4l77q68hj33vqnhu2f0p5lk3qck039gps5sdy7a9nrtec0z4czypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew5uqwcf attempted to make dark synthwave, but I wasn&#39;t sure how to develop it further so I just started messing around with guitar<br/><br/><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/812/044/645/097/249/original/08514d718e4699ca.mp3">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/812/044/645/097/249/original/08514d718e4699ca.mp3</a> 2026-06-25T18:00:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpj8025s3nra6fspzgc5sz7l6aznjnvqr6ltzrdq5t3avtqe4msgzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew0hlssh Welcoming Zig&#39;s newest core team members:<br/><br/><a href="https://ziglang.org/news/welcoming-new-team-members/">https://ziglang.org/news/welcoming-new-team-members/</a> 2026-06-16T20:51:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8d5p50kenhgjtypsv94gy55dv6tc6tpksnqt3zggh38xmpsqh7kszypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew5vc8ks man this is crazy. such a valuable project, such a weird choice to write it in python instead of javascript<br/><br/>also weird to only support deno and not node<br/><br/>WARNING: [youtube] No supported JavaScript runtime could be found. Only deno is enabled by default; to use another runtime add --js-runtimes RUNTIME[:PATH] to your command/config. YouTube extraction without a JS runtime has been deprecated, and some formats may be missing. See <a href="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS">https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS</a> for details on installing one 2026-06-05T22:52:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2mukvjzjrmg7jmkaxedmxfxln46h6hv69drxjmh2jhn76qjgfg8czypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew9sgygr This changeset heavily reworks the internal mechanism of the zig build system, however, it is mostly non-breaking from an API perspective, with a few exceptions... <a href="https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-26">https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-26</a> 2026-05-27T01:57:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspd3fgju3mwuvppcnzfayrtuqdt4mx2fulh8rszyw5l25whsx2scqzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew70fmny hot take: techno peaked 18 years ago at Dance With My Pants (Club Mix Edit) - Crazy Rockerz 2026-05-23T23:19:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmwkv7zwwzwme8gec9a8fhtyyalzsl7l4723kvaff0qp5nggfx9czypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewu9ngjv The domains in which a programming language is popular influences the ecosystem. I&#39;m deeply grateful to Jarred and Anthropic for giving Zig communities a chance to reroll for something other than LLMs. Hoping for better than a nat 1 next time 2026-05-17T18:06:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsre9mwmz7wme7g742wlk0ak55kg3p2s6jdpk2w9v4z7hq8gp9n4pqzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewpx9u99 In a way, computing embodies the essence of humanity. We take a blank canvas of electrical fields - a purely physical phenomenon, devoid of inherent meaning - and imbue it with assumptions, values, and purpose, manifesting order despite a chaotic, uncaring universe; creating beautiful pockets of defiant structure, each clock cycle shielding these brittle gardens from entropy&#39;s relentless encroachment. 2026-05-08T23:59:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfmfdrxd83d2jt4kkfzyg7gzc27djau90n3wq036jg2k8t5xmhjsgzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewfzhe2a Alex Rønne Petersen joined the Zig core team in October of 2024. Hard to believe it’s already been a year and a half since then!<br/><br/><a href="https://ziglang.org/news/core-team-spotlight-alexrp/">https://ziglang.org/news/core-team-spotlight-alexrp/</a> 2026-04-18T17:21:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswn005g5uzn44wrkqf87kh9wcuh9k38hzrfw72xe7aazfszc0vm6szypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew3c249x Release notes are up!<br/><br/>I wish it went without saying, but these notes are completely written by hand.<br/><br/><a href="https://ziglang.org/download/0.16.0/release-notes.html">https://ziglang.org/download/0.16.0/release-notes.html</a> 2026-04-14T16:12:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdhjyu3pra07ff0n7cqck6gcwaqyavelrmjhscrht3875e82p2d2qzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewmnlc55 Zig 0.16.0 is tagged. Release notes are just about completed and will be published in about 20 hours when the tarballs finish building.<br/><br/>As it turns out, it takes a while to build LLVM 27 times on one computer! That&#39;s how many different targets we provide compiler binaries for now - all cross compiled from one host. 2026-04-13T18:34:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszd6tenv29kvkc5gemm722gwts0vguce5kwt3a43t56fe40ht8mjszypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew2tuk3d in my experience people who say &#34;I used genai but only for editing&#34; are lying through their teeth 2026-04-11T17:44:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0nlwgg5fvs67u5g0ywl6hr3svhtz2pelxawvth53jxwmqllnltnszypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewq599ln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvj3626yue3c9uqx8yxvyn3ax7xjcxalgxx660hcvcl7eamzu7rugpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qww6xsg'>nevent1q…6xsg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq00tfdsq0h23ayntnqwands9w8xslx4d2t72kk2jhf376g2tatx6qe9h3v3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>matthew - retroedge.tech</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…h3v3</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqk6rpj8xkvctlz5x6gepw4muygfqg6apxlns5j8zttwew09r8a0zs9drjk0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jezza™</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…rjk0</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>never mind<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/376/992/320/069/056/original/2bd5e040fa630e54.png"> 2026-04-09T22:00:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvj3626yue3c9uqx8yxvyn3ax7xjcxalgxx660hcvcl7eamzu7rugzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewey5j08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqt0acpz7dnlvnzr9khn9levnmra096svp2p5n2u3985mfxmqg7hcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43q0md5yz'>nevent1q…d5yz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq00tfdsq0h23ayntnqwands9w8xslx4d2t72kk2jhf376g2tatx6qe9h3v3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>matthew - retroedge.tech</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…h3v3</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqk6rpj8xkvctlz5x6gepw4muygfqg6apxlns5j8zttwew09r8a0zs9drjk0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jezza™</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…rjk0</span>)</a></span> I think I tried the kde mail client but it was pretty incomplete or crashing or something<br/><br/>but it&#39;s been a while, I bet they&#39;ve done more good work on it 2026-04-09T21:58:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxkzkkkg64tgd0hpun0ekzxy6mffdd6c8lwk48avgnprvmwtevdmczypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew7u6ye2 honestly I&#39;d rather let it die. I hate this application with a burning passion<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/375/321/799/671/740/original/5f01f6f316ab6b8e.png"> 2026-04-09T14:55:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsggx8fxprupme55uq7fzjr7a69ut65fa32rnykx8mhxdxptculmpqzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew5m8hy2 Thanks to bypassing the C/C++ API for constructing LLVM modules and instead building .bc files directly in memory, Zig&#39;s LLVM backend now supports incremental compilation.<br/><br/>You&#39;ll still have to wait ages for LLVM to convert bitcode into object files, but at least you&#39;ll get instant type checking!<br/><br/><a href="https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-04-08">https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-04-08</a> 2026-04-08T14:24:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80g62h22sf3yks3jyh2tjtkq62ppd3h27cm53supegkdz0wnj8lczypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew8uwfqu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0rm27ugty9z6h5yuf5zzy0f8mkjtx3sxafvdxq8w83d0xnqek6xcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qmrgju6'>nevent1q…gju6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0cq07ulfyc7y2l8rczk9s36g8j65tq3m6xk9us8hr3ua4ktfmaqq05h6ty" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0cq07ulfyc7y2l8rczk9s36g8j65tq3m6xk9us8hr3ua4ktfmaqq05h6ty</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…h6ty</span>)</a></span> that&#39;s correct 2026-02-07T08:16:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd04f9q8fu78h7wuuw8855qjy9g2cj39t22rum35gfj5yadkd56egzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewfm46mv If you have a Zig project with dependencies, two big changes just landed which I think you will be interested to learn about.<br/><br/><a href="https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-06">https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-06</a> 2026-02-07T03:50:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9gzsgewrqegr6fx938zuaq9e86aaewanx2d6k2y6xa4ge9v8t38czypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewdag0ys I don&#39;t have any enemies... only temporarily embarrassed comrades 2026-02-04T22:14:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxm9gqn3cl9aft8ljgxqvvlwy7jzuyvksqfmtvf0h7j0au6fycpmgzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew39rkxh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw56yp3c8ma3lxetl6y2577wx30cr8khzjtq629eq7lzqj56c4kespz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qrxf7ky'>nevent1q…f7ky</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0cq07ulfyc7y2l8rczk9s36g8j65tq3m6xk9us8hr3ua4ktfmaqq05h6ty" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0cq07ulfyc7y2l8rczk9s36g8j65tq3m6xk9us8hr3ua4ktfmaqq05h6ty</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…h6ty</span>)</a></span> yep! but also reverse engineering them and cracking DRM also allowed, also leaks of proprietary source code are fair game 2026-01-12T00:39:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp4284le6wu8s32l3rf98earvl8mrxzt6347um2d8h508zmkmy68czypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewwyemwh let&#39;s just agree to abolish copyright! ai companies can have all the data, and pirating is legally protected 2026-01-12T00:35:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8m68c7t6xatct83rmzd3curdel24smlkuerudu8y7qw8js2nkvgzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewkqqmjc computers are so neat. love computers 2025-12-18T20:28:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmumafst3zp7rx6r5r5vwphr25xemw6tgezk0lf9s7vh8dqnc2lczypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewpev93c I accidentally derailed #musl by mentioning dishwashers and they&#39;re still talking about them 24 hours later 😅 2025-12-10T19:11:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrpmfta7chq5wtkunsux73fs36ayvs4w3qz60mz8y9uxatzjdaafczypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew6lf0kq text version of my Zigtoberfest demo from last week<br/><br/><a href="https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-new-async-io-text-version.html">https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-new-async-io-text-version.html</a> 2025-10-29T20:08:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29hjpy4lv7j0xuzj7nzfw5n35zqs4qmru0slmpjl4aw7dzzc9eeszypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewdxnzsx can&#39;t believe it&#39;s 2025 and people are programming in memory unsafe languages like Rust and Go when Fil-C exists 2025-10-28T23:36:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxjthz76gefq5sgvmzzkzx7w89dmpzsg3fx6a3vsdc8ph4y44rl9gzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewy8flj6 I can&#39;t count on one hand how many blog posts I&#39;ve seen with the thesis statement, &#34;AI coding is productive - believe me because I&#39;m an expert programmer&#34; and then it&#39;s some wanker I&#39;ve never heard of 2025-09-07T06:44:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp5an978800h928t8mahwzkp5lr8y9kz074lslcla5e4cq8g4egdszypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewgdnpd8 No-libc Zig now outperforms Glibc Zig.<br/><br/><a href="https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/#2025-02-07">https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/#2025-02-07</a> 2025-02-08T05:58:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs84nayslenmdl2ytmn4h8vhp2fcpqfhrgry2v2njmw5xzg3er4yxczypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ewawycft In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfxvnqtghp6z7wt55usv772wrqqr055ecu7lqgjw7gh73v909kazcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q5snsn2'>nevent1q…nsn2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqc5tlngqj4f9f3lkxnu2swe98pem78ss6xf380ldh3rlrm595zrushgxyvy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Only 3 Easy Payments of $19.95</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…xyvy</span>)</a></span> thanks, I read the paper just now and it helped me to understand why some measurements were favorable and others not - specifically the pattern of one thread allocating and another thread freeing in my simple design will result in ever-growing RSS<br/><br/>I know I &#34;should&#34; start with the paper but for me papers are too boring until I&#39;ve already tried from first principles 2025-02-07T01:39:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6hgae3523l7xl544k0nn7uedjmne5umax3smpmdedsdfe6s8ylgzypjjwvx4gyq7ywxkm6t4u7zq4tl54n4zgsuzecny46dskzkgj93ew9t3exf last night I had an idea for a fast multi-threaded allocator, whipped it up, and at first glance it outperforms glibc.<br/><br/>need to do some more testing, but it&#39;s looking good so far<br/><br/>it&#39;s only 212 lines of code!<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/959/219/316/511/070/original/a73373f5c65d6b3b.png"> 2025-02-06T22:10:21Z