amos
@fasterthanli.me
hi, I'm amos! 🍃 they/them 🫐 open-source witch & maker of snappy videos and articles at @bearcove.eu ✨ be kind, be curious
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articles: https://fasterthanli.me
videos: https://youtube.com/@fasterthanlime
podcast: https://sdr-podcast.com
I'm gonna need more context
January 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I'm gonna need more context
gonna put unsynn, lz4_flex and blake3 in it. I /love/ going crate shopping. such a pleasure. it only take a couple high-quality ingredients to get a tasty result.
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
gonna put unsynn, lz4_flex and blake3 in it. I /love/ going crate shopping. such a pleasure. it only take a couple high-quality ingredients to get a tasty result.
today's design problem:
if we let third-party binaries supply schemas, that means we need to exec them to dump their schema which is a security issue, so we need to design a consent flow... => NO WE DON'T we can just SCAN THE BINARY for a marker and exfiltrate the schemas without risking anything 😎
if we let third-party binaries supply schemas, that means we need to exec them to dump their schema which is a security issue, so we need to design a consent flow... => NO WE DON'T we can just SCAN THE BINARY for a marker and exfiltrate the schemas without risking anything 😎
January 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM
today's design problem:
if we let third-party binaries supply schemas, that means we need to exec them to dump their schema which is a security issue, so we need to design a consent flow... => NO WE DON'T we can just SCAN THE BINARY for a marker and exfiltrate the schemas without risking anything 😎
if we let third-party binaries supply schemas, that means we need to exec them to dump their schema which is a security issue, so we need to design a consent flow... => NO WE DON'T we can just SCAN THE BINARY for a marker and exfiltrate the schemas without risking anything 😎
(this is NOT about facet lol, it's about the smallest silliest projects I stg there's always someone to ask "yes but what if we DIDN'T have nice things? what then.")
January 18, 2026 at 4:11 PM
(this is NOT about facet lol, it's about the smallest silliest projects I stg there's always someone to ask "yes but what if we DIDN'T have nice things? what then.")
"i'm just saying, ice cream wrappers are industry standard, if your solution isn't gonna be sticky and half-torn.... I'd just hate to see effort being divided between the two approaches, you know?"
January 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"i'm just saying, ice cream wrappers are industry standard, if your solution isn't gonna be sticky and half-torn.... I'd just hate to see effort being divided between the two approaches, you know?"
sometimes the rust community is really like "mhh a pair of sunglasses huh. and how does this compare to this ice cream wrapper I found on the ground?"
January 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
sometimes the rust community is really like "mhh a pair of sunglasses huh. and how does this compare to this ice cream wrapper I found on the ground?"
"no spaces are allowed in the card number"
fuck you—how about instead of making your sweng applicants balance a red-black tree on a whiteboard you make sure they know about trimming whitespace
fuck you—how about instead of making your sweng applicants balance a red-black tree on a whiteboard you make sure they know about trimming whitespace
January 18, 2026 at 10:53 AM
"no spaces are allowed in the card number"
fuck you—how about instead of making your sweng applicants balance a red-black tree on a whiteboard you make sure they know about trimming whitespace
fuck you—how about instead of making your sweng applicants balance a red-black tree on a whiteboard you make sure they know about trimming whitespace
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I found _two_ kate users today
January 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I found _two_ kate users today
You have a code editor. It's not Zed/Neovim/VSCode/TextMate. Yet it supports syntax highlighting or LSP or plug-ins in some way.
What is it?
What is it?
January 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM
You have a code editor. It's not Zed/Neovim/VSCode/TextMate. Yet it supports syntax highlighting or LSP or plug-ins in some way.
What is it?
What is it?
ohhhhh THAT’S what accelerationists are up to
"you can't put the genie back in the bottle" skill issue. just make three wishes. done
January 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
ohhhhh THAT’S what accelerationists are up to
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Introducing `steve`: a CLI for driving macOS apps.
Like playwright for browsers it's drivable by code agents. Tell them to "manually test using steve".
→ github.com/mikker/steve
Like playwright for browsers it's drivable by code agents. Tell them to "manually test using steve".
→ github.com/mikker/steve
January 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Introducing `steve`: a CLI for driving macOS apps.
Like playwright for browsers it's drivable by code agents. Tell them to "manually test using steve".
→ github.com/mikker/steve
Like playwright for browsers it's drivable by code agents. Tell them to "manually test using steve".
→ github.com/mikker/steve
Didn't C++ get modules? That solved everything, right? I'm only half snarking, the other half of me is hoping that it's actually true.
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Didn't C++ get modules? That solved everything, right? I'm only half snarking, the other half of me is hoping that it's actually true.
> CMake was created in 2000 in response to the need [...]
LIES. slander. fallacy!
LIES. slander. fallacy!
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 AM
> CMake was created in 2000 in response to the need [...]
LIES. slander. fallacy!
LIES. slander. fallacy!
ahh, CMake, the best of what 1973 had to offer I'm sure
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
ahh, CMake, the best of what 1973 had to offer I'm sure
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![DeadPig
DeadPig is a version of the language Pig, where the pig has unfortunately died.
Contents [hide]
1 Usage
2 Various Programs in DeadPig
2.1 Cat Program
2.2 Quine
3 Interpreter
4 The Pig Series
Usage
DeadPig follows the same syntax rules as Pig, You write the title of the text file you want to make, write PIG, then write the contents of the text file. However, the pig has died, so the program will ignore your desired contents and write
"Your pig has unfortunately died. Please try again."
Various Programs in DeadPig
Cat Program
DeadPig cannot create the Cat program because it is output only.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vt464ohreg6sglmnb4cuctmr/bafkreibxcem2ktk3vmjjjztbaj2kxiw7qu7crqcefyeiynuaksamqq2pke@jpeg)
always a good day when something gets 480x faster
January 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
always a good day when something gets 480x faster