andre 🍀
@notthatcomplicated.bsky.social
computer science, politics, a few opinions here and there. i don't always think them through
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god do I need every politician to talk like this
July 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
god do I need every politician to talk like this
zig is much more fun than i expected
February 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
zig is much more fun than i expected
as horrible as this administration is, thank god they're doing everything by circumventing congress instead of going through it. at least the damage is plausibly reversible
February 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
as horrible as this administration is, thank god they're doing everything by circumventing congress instead of going through it. at least the damage is plausibly reversible
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it legitimately stuns me that any software written in Python and typeless JavaScript works at all
February 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
it legitimately stuns me that any software written in Python and typeless JavaScript works at all
I've never had impostor syndrome from my job, it's pretty obvious I'm not the only lazy useless dev. But I do get it from massive open source projects maintained by one/two guys in their free time
February 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I've never had impostor syndrome from my job, it's pretty obvious I'm not the only lazy useless dev. But I do get it from massive open source projects maintained by one/two guys in their free time
why do modern developers have such strong opinions on languages they've never used? every online discussion about a particular language is dominated by people arguing from positions of total ignorance. if you aren't familiar with the language and its ecosystem where does your confidence come from?
February 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
why do modern developers have such strong opinions on languages they've never used? every online discussion about a particular language is dominated by people arguing from positions of total ignorance. if you aren't familiar with the language and its ecosystem where does your confidence come from?
this doxxing discourse has shifted conversation away from how we now have college aged kids with meaningful influence over how our society functions. the only reason anyone considers this "doxxing" is because of that crazy fact
February 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
this doxxing discourse has shifted conversation away from how we now have college aged kids with meaningful influence over how our society functions. the only reason anyone considers this "doxxing" is because of that crazy fact
why am i seeing some of the maga guys say the canadian tariffs are necessary to 'get them to behave'? what did canada even do??
February 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
why am i seeing some of the maga guys say the canadian tariffs are necessary to 'get them to behave'? what did canada even do??
new typescript update is trying to emulate associated types in probably the worst possible way, still cool that it's sorta possible now
Announcing TypeScript 5.8 Beta - TypeScript
Today we are excited to announce the availability of TypeScript 5.8 Beta. To get started using the beta, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@beta Let’s tak...
devblogs.microsoft.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
new typescript update is trying to emulate associated types in probably the worst possible way, still cool that it's sorta possible now
i can already feel the pendulum swinging back
January 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
i can already feel the pendulum swinging back
AGI feels similar to climate change, everyone is scared of a major catastrophic event that wipes us from existence but it's more like a frog-being-slowly-boiled-alive thing
January 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
AGI feels similar to climate change, everyone is scared of a major catastrophic event that wipes us from existence but it's more like a frog-being-slowly-boiled-alive thing
I now think devs who spend most of their time with html and css are the true engineers. anyone can learn data structures, few can remember every flex box parameter without google. im not built for this
January 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I now think devs who spend most of their time with html and css are the true engineers. anyone can learn data structures, few can remember every flex box parameter without google. im not built for this
one of those features where you wonder how you ever survived without it
Sorry about that. We fixed this in c2y with Named Loops:
godbolt.org/z/GWdWjnjn3
www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg...
godbolt.org/z/GWdWjnjn3
www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg...
January 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
one of those features where you wonder how you ever survived without it
did python really add pattern matching without any way to match on a thrown exception? that seems like the major use case for pattern matching. like i want to check whether next(iter) or list.pop() might fail without needing try blocks between every statement
January 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
did python really add pattern matching without any way to match on a thrown exception? that seems like the major use case for pattern matching. like i want to check whether next(iter) or list.pop() might fail without needing try blocks between every statement
it's kind of incredible that climate change takes up approx. 0% of current political discussion now
December 29, 2024 at 3:21 AM
it's kind of incredible that climate change takes up approx. 0% of current political discussion now
the most ironic part about this is that most tech education resources come from indian immigrants
December 28, 2024 at 6:21 PM
the most ironic part about this is that most tech education resources come from indian immigrants
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vivek: why don’t you put down the CRACK pipe and CRACK open a textbook, CRACKER
December 28, 2024 at 5:01 AM
vivek: why don’t you put down the CRACK pipe and CRACK open a textbook, CRACKER
the new goal for democrats should be to stoke up internal flame wars like this one over and over for the next four years
December 27, 2024 at 1:42 PM
the new goal for democrats should be to stoke up internal flame wars like this one over and over for the next four years
true meritocracy is the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive system imaginable
Okay this is genuinely hilarious. It is amazing to watch them glitch in their refusal to accept the existence of racism and instead project "DEI" onto it
December 26, 2024 at 7:50 PM
true meritocracy is the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive system imaginable
if you call yourself a 10xer all it tells me is you've never used a debugger or worked on any system managed by more than one person but you've spent hundreds of hours in ~/.config/nvim
like if you're doing dev stuff you know exactly what i'm talking about: it's the guys who post about their grindset and how they're 10x programmers
something that i genuinely dislike is that over time there has been a convergence of techbro and financebro culture
December 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM
if you call yourself a 10xer all it tells me is you've never used a debugger or worked on any system managed by more than one person but you've spent hundreds of hours in ~/.config/nvim
the children yearn for Scratch
December 26, 2024 at 6:57 PM
the children yearn for Scratch
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the central dilemma of anyone opposing the right is that the right's behavior is worthy of a significant amount of moral condemnation, but it's hard to give the appropriate amount of moral condemnation while still trying to talk them down from insanity
December 26, 2024 at 5:56 PM
the central dilemma of anyone opposing the right is that the right's behavior is worthy of a significant amount of moral condemnation, but it's hard to give the appropriate amount of moral condemnation while still trying to talk them down from insanity
I'm pretty convinced by now that all it would take to convert a modern conservative into a liberal would be a thirty minute crash course on the lump of labor fallacy
December 26, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I'm pretty convinced by now that all it would take to convert a modern conservative into a liberal would be a thirty minute crash course on the lump of labor fallacy
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Read and comment: the C defer TS (unpublished draft)
Done completely in typst -- this looks official as hell, too.
Thanks again @typst.app -- drive.google.com/file/d/19ofx...
Done completely in typst -- this looks official as hell, too.
Thanks again @typst.app -- drive.google.com/file/d/19ofx...
C - defer Technical Specification.pdf
drive.google.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Read and comment: the C defer TS (unpublished draft)
Done completely in typst -- this looks official as hell, too.
Thanks again @typst.app -- drive.google.com/file/d/19ofx...
Done completely in typst -- this looks official as hell, too.
Thanks again @typst.app -- drive.google.com/file/d/19ofx...
working with real c++ instead of modern™ c++ is the ultimate test of patience. man made horrors beyond comprehension
December 18, 2024 at 6:50 PM
working with real c++ instead of modern™ c++ is the ultimate test of patience. man made horrors beyond comprehension