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But why?

Introduction Binder is an IPC mechanism pretty much only used on Android (although it didn't originate there).

tl;dr go here One day, I suddenly wondered how to detect when a USB device is plugged or unplugged from a computer running Linux.

I've recently been contributing to the Pybricks project, a community-run port of MicroPython to Lego Mindstorms hardware.

TL;DR Set bcdDevice to 0x0210, add this and optionally this.

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After writing that (no-longer-)recent post on web development, I wanted to get a personal "feel" for what the "new developer experience" is actually like across all of the current platforms if you don't resort to web tech such as Electron.

I just completely redesigned the theme for this website.

I recently had to demonstrate to a partner how application development on Windows worked "back in the day" (using Visual Studio (not VSCode) and MFC).

I've had a number of project ideas floating around for a long time which would all at some point involve emulating limited parts of Windows.

Issues with the current code The throwaway code from last time has a few immediately-obvious issues: The connect_*/disconnect_* abstractions aren't being used These functions were pretty clearly suboptimal for the logic that was needed (disconnecting some…

For the past <indeterminate time>, I've been trying to work on an EDA-related tool (formal announcement coming any moment now...) whilst trying to recover from severe, debilitating burnout.

Back in April of 2022, I reverse-engineered the interface that drivers use to communicate with the Bluetooth module on Apple M1 machines so that Asahi Linux could support Bluetooth on these devices.

One pandemic, innumerable global crises, and several rounds of personal redevelopment later... and I have a website/blog again!