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
me: java is almost as old as me, they've had time to figure out version hell!
java: ...
java: ...
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
me: java is almost as old as me, they've had time to figure out version hell!
java: ...
java: ...
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 😎
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
Reposted by amos
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
Reposted by amos
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
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
Reposted by amos
![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
conversation I had today:
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
conversation I had today:
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
I missed designing languages. ooc-lang.github.io was back in 2009!! 17 years ago! The language I'm making now is not a programming language but it's still really nice to design.
ooc » The ooc programming language
ooc-lang.github.io
January 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I missed designing languages. ooc-lang.github.io was back in 2009!! 17 years ago! The language I'm making now is not a programming language but it's still really nice to design.
SOMETHING WORKED ON THE FIRST TRY
it was a good year I'm out
it was a good year I'm out
January 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
SOMETHING WORKED ON THE FIRST TRY
it was a good year I'm out
it was a good year I'm out
“It’s simple,” she said. “To understand how it all came to be, we have to talk about the old magics of the DEC. See, when the VT100 ca—”
“I'm going to let you finish, but if you're going to convince me that Alt-Left should ever echo ‘b’, you'd better blow my /freaking mind/”
“I'm going to let you finish, but if you're going to convince me that Alt-Left should ever echo ‘b’, you'd better blow my /freaking mind/”
January 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
“It’s simple,” she said. “To understand how it all came to be, we have to talk about the old magics of the DEC. See, when the VT100 ca—”
“I'm going to let you finish, but if you're going to convince me that Alt-Left should ever echo ‘b’, you'd better blow my /freaking mind/”
“I'm going to let you finish, but if you're going to convince me that Alt-Left should ever echo ‘b’, you'd better blow my /freaking mind/”
January 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
just queued facet PR number 1789, which is... a lot of PR+issues (also French revolution woo)
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 PM
just queued facet PR number 1789, which is... a lot of PR+issues (also French revolution woo)
I'm INFAMOUS for "making my own X" for deranged values of X.
BUT I will not sit by idly while friends roll their own linux distributions. You should just... go touch grass.
You know who makes a good linux distribution? Apple! It's so good, it doesn't even have linux in it.
SAVE YOURSELVES.
BUT I will not sit by idly while friends roll their own linux distributions. You should just... go touch grass.
You know who makes a good linux distribution? Apple! It's so good, it doesn't even have linux in it.
SAVE YOURSELVES.
January 15, 2026 at 10:25 AM
I'm INFAMOUS for "making my own X" for deranged values of X.
BUT I will not sit by idly while friends roll their own linux distributions. You should just... go touch grass.
You know who makes a good linux distribution? Apple! It's so good, it doesn't even have linux in it.
SAVE YOURSELVES.
BUT I will not sit by idly while friends roll their own linux distributions. You should just... go touch grass.
You know who makes a good linux distribution? Apple! It's so good, it doesn't even have linux in it.
SAVE YOURSELVES.
if HRT is so cool why didn't they make HRT B
January 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
if HRT is so cool why didn't they make HRT B
POV: you're waiting to see how the windows CI job will fail today
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 AM
POV: you're waiting to see how the windows CI job will fail today
Reposted by amos
how to explain variance to an american:
you know how they make you pay more to replace a hamburger bun out with a lettuce wrap? that's contravariance
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
how to explain variance to an american:
remember to keep your PRs small and reviewable
January 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
remember to keep your PRs small and reviewable
If you would like to submit a talk to RustWeek 2026 there’s still time! Not much though, hurry! 2026.rustweek.org/cfp/
Call for Proposals - RustWeek 2026
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2026.rustweek.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 AM
If you would like to submit a talk to RustWeek 2026 there’s still time! Not much though, hurry! 2026.rustweek.org/cfp/
After the tax office requested a ridiculously high amount for 2025, and a ridiculously low amount for 2026, and I requested a double-correction they've sent me two e-mails, one sms, one automated phone call, one carrier pigeon, and a crinkled up diner napkin.
Were any of those about my request? No.
Were any of those about my request? No.
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
After the tax office requested a ridiculously high amount for 2025, and a ridiculously low amount for 2026, and I requested a double-correction they've sent me two e-mails, one sms, one automated phone call, one carrier pigeon, and a crinkled up diner napkin.
Were any of those about my request? No.
Were any of those about my request? No.