I spent two weeks obsessing over a problem that, in hindsight, didn’t even exist. The one that was attractive to me, without asking myself whether it really mattered. My ego took over, and stubbornness kept me locked in. I stuck with the wrong problem until I finally “solved” it. I changed how I approach problems...

Read on the website: Any programming system needs a ways to aggregate values. Be it with structures, arrays, or closures. Lambda Calculus has these ways, so let's see what's there.

I’m trying out the Harper tool in VS Code. I’ve been aware of its existence for about 6 months and didn’t think much of it, just another rehash of existing tools. But I’ve come around to the idea that rewriting old tools isn’t a horrible notion: the people who crafted them were no smarter or dumber than ourselves,...

Flipping the way we name issues can refocus on the valid default

We all deserve something shorter and sweeter in the RSS feed for the weekend. This whole concept brings a smile to my face...

I’ve made plenty of jokes about people who overcompensate with RGB. But there is something to this trend of lighting up your room and accessories. I’ve added some to my room, and while I’ve not gone overboard, it has added to the ambiance of the room and made it feel a bit less like an office and more like a place I...

My ADS-B station instance uses rclone to back up its data to MEGA. It works well, but I thought it would be even better if it created a separate backup copy for each day of the week. This suggestion was exactly what I had in mind. I tweaked the existing rclone command so it looks now like this:

Petit manifeste low-tech Ce samedi 17 mai, je pédalerai vers Massy en compagnie de Tristan Nitot pour parler "low-tech" et dédicacer Bikepunk lors du festival Parlons Vélo. Parlons Vélo Massy 2025 (parlonsvelo-massy.org) Attention, ce qui va suivre divulgâche une partie de ce que je dirai samedi midi à Massy. Si...