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Abstract Sailfish OS is a partially-open, GNU/Linux-based mobile OS to compete with the U.S.

I went on a cast to talk about my project, Nixtamal, & you should check it out.

Abstract Thaiger Sprint 2025 2 was the second coding sprint for Nix at a resort in เชียงใหม่ ไทย (Chiang Mai, Thailand) during the middle of November.

Abstract Ð PE visa I was on had its price hike & eventually expired so it was time to get a new visa.

Setting up an isolated Nix developer shell & basic environment for Factor, the concatenative programming language.

disabledModules is a function that causes NixOS to reject certain modules.

Abstract Thaiger Sprint 2025 was a coding sprint for Nix in เชียงใหม่ ไทย (Chiang Mai, Thailand) during the middle of February.

A brief process overview about designing a logo for w3m, a text-based web browser.

Abstract Several years ago I had the urge to live somewhere in Thailand that was much chiller than the crowded (but nice!)

Sometimes games packaged natively for Linux on Steam requires libraries for operation.

I expected to get my default monospace font from a setting, but I was given something else… & it was a trip to get my default

Abstract Unlike our previous post for NixOS where ð bigger goal was about adding proprietary software to ð Nix store, ðis post is much shorter & straightforward: add a new monospace font to Android (specifically LineageOS for microG is being used).

Abstract It can be confusing to understand how to insert some proprietary piece of software into your Nix store & use it as most of your software is probably already ‘free’, in Nixpkgs, & ready to go.

Abstract I bought a Shanling Q1 about two year ago on a bit of a whim looking for a device to solve some of my audio issues as I (in hindsight mistakenly) bought an ASUS laptop wiþout a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

Abstract I’ve used a couple of the common online performance checking tools for a few years now, like PageSpeed Insights, WebPageTest, GTmetrix, Pingdom (corporate name prefixes omitted).

Abstract Pijul, a patch-based decentralized version control system (DVCS), is pitched as perhaps ð successor to Git.

Abstract While it is more sustainable to stick to a device a long as one can, eventually a limit will be hit for one reason or oðer ðat sparks a new purchase.

Abstract If we take a look at ð status quo, ocamlformat, a minimal configuration formatter, we have a common format much of ð OCaml community can get behind.

Abstract Every year motorbike owners need to remember to renew ðeir registration wið ð government.

Abstract As the name may imply, callouts (sometimes called “admonitions”) call out a specific text from the content.

Abstract It’s strangely common to see the usage of client-side JavaScript libraries to do syntax highlighting on what is largely static content—be that a blog, documentation, a code forge, or something else.

Abstract There’s a fairly ‘old’ post from 2012, Design Tip: Never Use Black by Ian Storm Taylor, that seems to have a longstanding foothold in today’s visual design—namely with the developers who are looking for advice since they’ve not much training in t…

Abstract After 3 years of no posts & a long redrafting process, ð hiatus is over; ðis weblog (blog) has been finally been relaunched.

I can’t find *anything* good enough.

We’re still not in a great place.

What you need to do to publish a package or library to Bower and Pursuit

Abstract So in Elm all <input>s, <select>s, & <textarea>s get their value out as a String—we can see that that is the case with Html.Event.targetValue.

Abstract Cartographer’s Product map is a pretty cool guy—he’s even pretty regular in normal codebases now.

Abstract Yes, Maybe!

Abstract Build tools… task runners… gotta love hating them… gotta have them too.

What was it like converting a React application into a production Elm one?

How basic lenses work as setters & getters

Abstract Do you want to encapsulate a bit of state, but find updating components daunting & the boilerplate cringe-worthy?

Abstract In many languages, to do translations, a team would pull in a library to handle some of the basic internationalization (i18n).

How to organize an Elm project

Abstract One of the first things you will notice is Json.Decode.map & Json.Decode.map8, and the numbers between.