philpax
@philpax.me
creative engineer · Rust, gamedev/modding, reverse engineering, writing, AI, XR, etc
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i *just* realised the nixos logo is made out of lambdas
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
i *just* realised the nixos logo is made out of lambdas
I think Andrew Kelley was wrong to call the people who work at GitHub monkeys, but boy, interacting with Python tooling that isn't by Astral Inc sure makes me understand where he was coming from in his method of expression
November 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I think Andrew Kelley was wrong to call the people who work at GitHub monkeys, but boy, interacting with Python tooling that isn't by Astral Inc sure makes me understand where he was coming from in his method of expression
man. Neon White. what a game
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
man. Neon White. what a game
this meme's from a classic skit www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2FX...
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this meme's from a classic skit www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2FX...
I know Typst is a worthy successor to LaTeX as it's already inherited one of its most important features: a confusingly pronounced name that no native English speaker will get right on first try
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I know Typst is a worthy successor to LaTeX as it's already inherited one of its most important features: a confusingly pronounced name that no native English speaker will get right on first try
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c++ fixes this by keeping your program running (high uptime, reliability-first) if you deref a std::optional that contains nothing. just another way that c++ with profiles can be safer than rust.
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
c++ fixes this by keeping your program running (high uptime, reliability-first) if you deref a std::optional that contains nothing. just another way that c++ with profiles can be safer than rust.
I'm sorry, but the response to this is plainly delusional
I don't begrudge you for disliking AI! there are plenty of reasons to do so! but to claim that it has no use, or has no users, is not a thought based in reality. it's simply not.
are you really, personally, smarter than Terence Tao?
I don't begrudge you for disliking AI! there are plenty of reasons to do so! but to claim that it has no use, or has no users, is not a thought based in reality. it's simply not.
are you really, personally, smarter than Terence Tao?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm sorry, but the response to this is plainly delusional
I don't begrudge you for disliking AI! there are plenty of reasons to do so! but to claim that it has no use, or has no users, is not a thought based in reality. it's simply not.
are you really, personally, smarter than Terence Tao?
I don't begrudge you for disliking AI! there are plenty of reasons to do so! but to claim that it has no use, or has no users, is not a thought based in reality. it's simply not.
are you really, personally, smarter than Terence Tao?
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Chat GPT has been the most downloaded app in the world for like a year straight
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Chat GPT has been the most downloaded app in the world for like a year straight
finished reading Count Zero last night; it has more of a narrative than Neuromancer, but it's much less interesting as a book, imho; it's just not nearly as evocative or as iconic as the latter
I hear good things about Mona Lisa Overdrive, so I'll give that a red-hot go soon
I hear good things about Mona Lisa Overdrive, so I'll give that a red-hot go soon
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
finished reading Count Zero last night; it has more of a narrative than Neuromancer, but it's much less interesting as a book, imho; it's just not nearly as evocative or as iconic as the latter
I hear good things about Mona Lisa Overdrive, so I'll give that a red-hot go soon
I hear good things about Mona Lisa Overdrive, so I'll give that a red-hot go soon
just discovered that we have not been saving updates to the JSON field in our database because SQLAlchemy does not guarantee mutation tracking for JSON fields by default
SQLAlchemy is not my favourite ORM
SQLAlchemy is not my favourite ORM
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
just discovered that we have not been saving updates to the JSON field in our database because SQLAlchemy does not guarantee mutation tracking for JSON fields by default
SQLAlchemy is not my favourite ORM
SQLAlchemy is not my favourite ORM
Claude is aggressively convincing me to buy new hard drives for my server
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Claude is aggressively convincing me to buy new hard drives for my server
testing new socmed previews
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Reasons I do not like Python
Python is not my favourite language. It's not my second-favourite, and I'm afraid it doesn't qualify for third-favourite, either. No, it's actually well down there in my personal rankings: lower than ...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
testing new socmed previews
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adhd so bad i oom 96gb of ram
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
adhd so bad i oom 96gb of ram
lunduke should [this user has been banned for a TOS violation]
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
lunduke should [this user has been banned for a TOS violation]
never change, el goog
How many AI IDE does Google have? Did I miss any?
- Firebase Studio: firebase.studio
- Google Antigravity: antigravity.google
- Google AI Studio: aistudio.google.com
- Gemini Code Assist: codeassist.google
- Google Jules: jules.google
- Gemini CLI: geminicli.com
- Firebase Studio: firebase.studio
- Google Antigravity: antigravity.google
- Google AI Studio: aistudio.google.com
- Gemini Code Assist: codeassist.google
- Google Jules: jules.google
- Gemini CLI: geminicli.com
Google AI Studio
The fastest path from prompt to production with Gemini
aistudio.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
never change, el goog
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really not a great day to get work done is it lol
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
really not a great day to get work done is it lol
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Oh if you insist.
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Oh if you insist.
just noticed that One More Time / Aerodynamic is 555 seconds long and I have to wonder if that's intentional
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
just noticed that One More Time / Aerodynamic is 555 seconds long and I have to wonder if that's intentional
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Worked on deki-drive a bit!
🐦 bevy: 0.16 -> 0.17
🍃 avian3d: 0.3 -> 0.4
🦜 style changes
🛞 physics changes
#rustlang #bevyengine #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
🐦 bevy: 0.16 -> 0.17
🍃 avian3d: 0.3 -> 0.4
🦜 style changes
🛞 physics changes
#rustlang #bevyengine #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Worked on deki-drive a bit!
🐦 bevy: 0.16 -> 0.17
🍃 avian3d: 0.3 -> 0.4
🦜 style changes
🛞 physics changes
#rustlang #bevyengine #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
🐦 bevy: 0.16 -> 0.17
🍃 avian3d: 0.3 -> 0.4
🦜 style changes
🛞 physics changes
#rustlang #bevyengine #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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so I was nearly done exhausting my $250 of Claude Code Web credit - down to $25 - and then I upgraded to Max so I could continue doing some work locally
I now have $775 credit left to use in the next two days. fml
I now have $775 credit left to use in the next two days. fml
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
so I was nearly done exhausting my $250 of Claude Code Web credit - down to $25 - and then I upgraded to Max so I could continue doing some work locally
I now have $775 credit left to use in the next two days. fml
I now have $775 credit left to use in the next two days. fml
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The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling