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Lani
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_Ninja build hates this one weird trick!_

Context: I have finally stumbled upon a reason against setting `CMAKE_GENERATOR=Ninja` globally (...on Windows at least).
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This is a beautiful Rust feature explorer created by Systemcluster, and it has made my evening! I am grateful this exists.

unstablerust.dev
September 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I mean this is just genius
July 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Once glassmorphism wears out again, I propose we return to the real apex of UI design trends: Flat.
June 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Could we create a real cat facts bot today? 🤔 I do think we have the technology…
June 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Breaking from my usual software dev posts for a moment, I have an art to share.

I drew this cute little tiger on an ipad in procreate a long while ago. It turns out i’m still pretty proud of it. :3

[INFO]: This will replace my goofy headshot for a while.
April 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
omg Meteor even has the OG docs just as I remember them!! just look at those ground breaking features!

v2-docs.meteor.com/v1.4/
April 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I have no strong feelings one way or the other.
March 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
youre-goddamn-right.gif
February 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
well, this was an adventure.
February 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I am become test…er, presser of all the buttons!
January 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
So. Much. TypeScript. #GithubUnwrapped
December 31, 2024 at 5:58 PM
I solved the "Print Queue" - Day 5 - #AdventOfCode 2024 challenge in Rust after a lot of thought, some reading into graph theory, and then a realization I could do something a lot more clever (read: lazy) and just do a simple comparison to perform the validation adventofcode.com/2024/day/5
December 11, 2024 at 1:22 AM
This took me way too long, but I finally solved the "Ceres Search" Day 4 #AdventofCode 2024 puzzle (adventofcode.com/2024/day/4) in Rust. Welp, at least I learned something about Graph traversal.
December 7, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Day 3 (Mull It Over) was, thankfully, much easier. Regex (and the Regex crate) really did most of the heavy lifting, so writing the logic to solve the puzzle was pretty straight forward. These are my solutions in Rust.
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Day 2 (Red-Nosed Reports) was ... a bit of a challenge. Admittedly, I had to find some "inspiration" after getting way too stuck. Anyways, here's the end result of that in Rust.
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 AM
I'm a day late, but I solved the "Historian Hysteria" - #AdventOfCode Day 1 challenge. So behold, my unoptimized solution, in not-so-idiomatic Rust (I'm still learning btw). adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
December 3, 2024 at 1:37 AM
I’ve started learning Rust. So far, I think this is gonna be my new favorite systems language. I mean, just look at Ferris 🦀 ! So heckin cute!! <3 🥰
October 30, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Just switched to #Lix 🍦. Pretty sweet! ^_^

Wallpaper source: (To the flowers, by Denis Istomin) www.artstation.com/artwork/obn8kJ
October 27, 2024 at 2:01 AM
I use a screenshot of this GLSL shader I wrote everywhere. So, here’s a video of it in action! 🎬
October 23, 2024 at 5:21 PM