Matt Tolman
@matttolman.bsky.social
I’m a software developer using C, PHP, Zig, Java, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, SQL, and Python to make stuff
I wrote my own snapshot test framework for C, and ended up changing my mind on snapshot tests through the process. open.substack.com/pub/mtolman/...
Snapshot Tests in C
Lately I’ve been working on a fairly big C library (it’s still early days, and I’ll write more about it over time).
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January 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I wrote my own snapshot test framework for C, and ended up changing my mind on snapshot tests through the process. open.substack.com/pub/mtolman/...
Recently I've been revamping my CI/CD pipeline for personal projects. I'm experimenting with using nix-shell to setup and run all my tool-chains. In-depth post here matthewtolman.com/p/a-build-sy...
A build system around nix-shell
I finally got my CI/CD pipeline moved over to Forgejo actions. As part of my migration, I had to learn a lot about Forgejo (since it’s my first time using Foregejo), but I also needed to learn a lot a...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Recently I've been revamping my CI/CD pipeline for personal projects. I'm experimenting with using nix-shell to setup and run all my tool-chains. In-depth post here matthewtolman.com/p/a-build-sy...
Recently I switched over to NixOS for my daily driver laptop and server. It’s been great - but I’ve been struggling to recommend it to anyone. Even though I love its benefits, I can’t recommend its drawbacks. I put my thoughts in a longer post
open.substack.com/pub/mtolman/...
open.substack.com/pub/mtolman/...
Nix: The wounded siren
A few months ago I switched from Fedora to NixOS as my daily driver for my laptop.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Recently I switched over to NixOS for my daily driver laptop and server. It’s been great - but I’ve been struggling to recommend it to anyone. Even though I love its benefits, I can’t recommend its drawbacks. I put my thoughts in a longer post
open.substack.com/pub/mtolman/...
open.substack.com/pub/mtolman/...
Random project I made while learning #erlang: notes.matthewtolman.dev
All notes stored in memory, deleted after either certain number of views/time. Used it to learn gen servers, custom supervisors, and interprocess communication
All notes stored in memory, deleted after either certain number of views/time. Used it to learn gen servers, custom supervisors, and interprocess communication
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notes.matthewtolman.dev
June 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Random project I made while learning #erlang: notes.matthewtolman.dev
All notes stored in memory, deleted after either certain number of views/time. Used it to learn gen servers, custom supervisors, and interprocess communication
All notes stored in memory, deleted after either certain number of views/time. Used it to learn gen servers, custom supervisors, and interprocess communication
Some ramblings on authorization for users vs systems: matthewtolman.com/article/auth...
Matthew Tolman
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June 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Some ramblings on authorization for users vs systems: matthewtolman.com/article/auth...
I've been experimenting with hosting on bare metal servers. Wrote up my thoughts: matthewtolman.com/article/2025...
Matthew Tolman
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April 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I've been experimenting with hosting on bare metal servers. Wrote up my thoughts: matthewtolman.com/article/2025...
Recently moved away from a purely static site to move of a typical db-driven blog model matthewtolman.com/article/2025...
Matthew Tolman
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April 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Recently moved away from a purely static site to move of a typical db-driven blog model matthewtolman.com/article/2025...
Final part of building channels & select in C++ - Fixing an infinite loop in select matthewtolman.com/article/2025...
Matthew Tolman
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April 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Final part of building channels & select in C++ - Fixing an infinite loop in select matthewtolman.com/article/2025...
Part 2 of building channels in C++: Limiting Size
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April 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Part 2 of building channels in C++: Limiting Size
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First part of a blog series for building channels in C++ (these are thread-based channels and not coroutine/fiver based channels) matthewtolman.com/article/2025...
Matthew Tolman
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April 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
First part of a blog series for building channels in C++ (these are thread-based channels and not coroutine/fiver based channels) matthewtolman.com/article/2025...