Posts by andrewrk@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B1mhlhIQyVP1Gb2vTM by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2025-12-30T19:30:27Z
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@fmn zig is a great fit for the linux kernel, but since there don't seem to be any existing kernel maintainers interested in using it, probably close to 0%
(DIR) Post #B1n7mcpNfjbKVOYlwe by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2025-12-31T00:47:54Z
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I just remembered that when writing C++ you can't really cut and paste code without causing bugs, lmaoit's been half a decade since I've had to worry about that
(DIR) Post #B1otY7UYN5tqDqvX4i by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2025-12-31T18:50:55Z
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@mitchellh shadowing and unused variables, to name a couple issues. Plus the implicit `this`. You have to check so many things to be sure that the cut and paste does what you think it does
(DIR) Post #B1otYCPQ5blRTNZ0Ge by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2025-12-31T19:01:13Z
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@mitchellh oh yeah and I just remembered importing... which has side effects to worry about when you cut+paste between files
(DIR) Post #B1t6J3nNuLnCS2ixUG by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T21:40:42Z
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we've built our global economy on the premise that software has a certain bar of quality, which as it turns out was based only on the goodwill of early enthusiast programmers.now that the market has caught up and erased the negotiation power software engineers once enjoyed, the world is careening head first into a harsh reality of bug-ridden, adversarial software at odds with everyday life.free software is still our north star. it's more important than ever.
(DIR) Post #B1t6J5ewygEaESnFcO by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T22:01:39Z
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@jarekrozanski what do you mean? I honestly think that is great career advice.
(DIR) Post #B1t6QgOanA0eC7lL0q by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T22:06:16Z
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@wolf480pl @jarekrozanski "ask for forgiveness, not permission" is empowering. those who reach out and take this power will make choices for other people who don't get to have a say.I wish for my friends to take the advice, and my enemies to not take the advice.
(DIR) Post #B1t6wXWhIr0FxBkCLQ by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T22:07:39Z
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@wolf480pl @jarekrozanski to be clear this is in a corporate / business context
(DIR) Post #B1tuLJGSMSW0iMaXeC by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T23:33:41Z
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It's been fun seeing the "guess number game" in Zig evolve. It changed a lot since the early days.how it started / how it's going1. early not working sketch2. first version that actually ran3. latest incarnation4. example output
(DIR) Post #B1uN85KPlHXYOlUBii by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-03T11:15:58Z
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that feeling when exactly 1 unit test is failing, *only* on big-endian targets 🧐
(DIR) Post #B1xrBvnOj2FM5ifl1k by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T04:02:48Z
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we got rust in the kernel, cool, can we we get basic shit working now like temp files?also linkat() still doesn't have AT_REPLACE even though this patch was finehttps://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/c823982d5b46ea888dc1fdf26c067a7aa0f3585f.1490103963.git.osandov@fb.com/
(DIR) Post #B21soEiOO6LTPbJf8K by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T03:27:56Z
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C programmers struggle with the difference between an enum and a bit fieldif you work in the kernel, please get good, or use a better programming language, i don't care which
(DIR) Post #B22Cy1ao1shEh0iEhU by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T03:42:56Z
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@diegovsky that's correct, they've introduced an unnecessary invalid state
(DIR) Post #B2BycDBMnpl2UO7L0a by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-12T00:35:23Z
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let's just agree to abolish copyright! ai companies can have all the data, and pirating is legally protected
(DIR) Post #B2EN9xwckW8yI9lltQ by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T03:23:11Z
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if I had a billion dollars, I'd light it on fire.I like my job and I hate paperwork!
(DIR) Post #B2ENA0XD7Sb8KCu1CK by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T03:57:28Z
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@ikhwan sounds like my job would be managing a paperwork manager. oof don't love that!
(DIR) Post #B2ENAtxh2hSgEGiRc0 by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T03:37:44Z
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@light very noble, very tedious. lots of paper work
(DIR) Post #B2NNP0pw1l6o1nSGTg by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-16T21:04:01Z
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Profession by Isaac Asimov (1957)https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034130/https://www.abelard.org/asimov.php
(DIR) Post #B2ZGZIJ5HcCL3o79P6 by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-22T22:15:57Z
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true masculinity is having enough confidence and strength to protect the weak
(DIR) Post #B2ZGZKbwiSTSCsxF56 by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-23T04:41:23Z
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@tinylittleenormous it's okay to not be masculine. people need things to aspire to