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New Video SOON + Updates
Hi friends! It's been too long, I know. I have a long road to recovery with my RSI, and it's not always a straight, clear path. I'm doing well, and hope to get back to a more regular schedule soon....
2024-09-02 11:18:33 +0000 UTC View PostIntroducing the Humanmade Mark
Hi folks, a kinda weird video this month, but I haven't been able to get this idea out of my head, and I'd like to know what you think before I put it out into the world!
Some question...
2024-06-30 19:49:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt's good to be back! (RSI update and... hardware tour?)
(Photo: My desk, now with 4 RSI pointing devices to switch between! Left to right: MX Vertical, Apple Magic Touchpad, Wacom One (2023) pen tablet, Steam Controller. The split vertical keyboard ...
2024-06-22 18:10:50 +0000 UTC View PostCompiler-Driven Development in Rust
When I write a new Rust program, I don't start with functions or methods or any runtime code. I start with the model of my application, expressed with Rust's rich type system.
In...
2024-06-01 12:16:15 +0000 UTC View PostStarting Tomorrow: 1-week RSI Hiatus
Folks, I've been hit with the worst bi-lateral RSI of my LIFE. I suffer with bouts of it sporadically, and I usually just need to take it easy, switch from using a mouse to using a pen, and it goes...
2024-04-07 12:17:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe Autism Constellation
I have grown from an autistic child who needed weekly lessons from a childhood psychiatrist in order to learn how to make eye contact, into an autistic adult who is flying high in an aeroplane made...
2024-03-14 17:48:23 +0000 UTC View PostNixOS: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Story time:
One day, as happens now and then with a bleeding-edge rolling release distro, a systemd update reversed my mouse buttons.
It only affected my exact mouse driver, which had a...
2024-02-17 12:11:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn Search of Code Purity
I was taught formal methods at university but th...
2024-01-16 16:30:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe Unreasonable Effectiveness of Linux Workstations
Hi folks, a video I hinted at in my Plain Text video after saying, "But even if you're storing large files, storage is cheap if you're smart."
And here that video is, the problem is ...
2023-12-15 13:49:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhat should the next video topic be?
(TLDR: Vote for all interesting-sounding topics for January's non-programming video)
Hi friends! First, a scheduling update:
This week's video's draft title is "The...
2023-12-13 11:04:20 +0000 UTC View PostADHD: A Left-handed Brain, In A Right-handed World
Hi folks, this video is about ADHD, and is my follow-up from my "Coping Mechanisms" video.
Despite not being left-handed, I do have a great deal of empathy for our left-handed cousins because...
2023-11-15 22:47:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe Plain-Text Team
All good teams are alike; each bad team is bad in its own way. (to paraphrase Tolstoy)
Software is an incredible thing. Combined with the internet, a small team of friends can change the worl...
2023-10-13 15:54:14 +0000 UTC View Post[early] The Plain-Text Team
All good teams are alike; each bad team is bad in its own way. (to paraphrase Tolstoy)
Software is an incredible thing.
Combined with the internet, a small team of friends can change the w...
Mentoring Updates
Hi folks, I have a few Mentoring updates as I'm getting used to doing this more and more: All changes are positive!
- I'm testing out 30 slots on the Mentoring Tier in October. If... 2023-10-05 07:47:44 +0000 UTC View Post
The Cult Of Done (now with pretty graphics)
Hi folks! You all will have seen this exact video, so there's no need to watch it again, except that at the 11th hour I got permission from James Provost to use his lovely illustrations!
As I...
2023-09-15 09:25:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Cult of Done
Here is next week's video, A FULL WEEK early! Welcome to the new schedule!
The Cult of Done manifesto was written by maker, Bre Pettis and writer, Kio Stark in 2009, and they released it unde...
2023-09-08 19:34:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe old schedule is dead!
Long live the new schedule!
Friends, the problems with the last video have made me think about w...
2023-08-31 10:03:11 +0000 UTC View Post6 Mentoring slots available
Hi folks! 6 slots available on the Mentoring tier, if you'd like a 1:1 chat on Rust, audio/video production or anything I talk about in my videos, do sign up.
Also, I've just freed up the sec...
2023-08-28 20:37:56 +0000 UTC View PostREWRITE: Rust's Discoveries
Friends, yesterday's early video was trash and I'm sorry. I've been up half the night re-writing it a...
2023-08-18 15:25:01 +0000 UTC View PostRust is Made out of Rust
Hi folks! Whatever you want to do, Rust seems to be able to do it, doesn't it?
It's supremely adaptable. But why is this?
I think it's because Rust is made out of Rust.
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2023-08-17 15:16:31 +0000 UTC View PostHack Your Brain With Soylent
Hi folks! Another exposé into my strange life! Most of my meals are meal replacements, nutritionally complete drinks or instant meals, and they have been for the last 10 years.
These tools a...
2023-08-03 18:19:08 +0000 UTC View PostA Good Rust Stack
Hi friends!
Today I'm going to make some web service recommendations, mixing some of my favourite rust crates together into something that I use across most of my Rust projects.
The sta...
2023-07-20 16:20:09 +0000 UTC View PostHacking your brain with Obsidian.md
I have used many note-taking tools over the years, simple-note, notion, and extensively emacs org-mode, none have improved my thinking in the way that Obsidian has.
Today is a deep-dive into ...
2023-07-06 17:59:43 +0000 UTC View PostMentoring Updates
Hi friends, both old and new! Firstly, thank you so much for being here and supporting me, it's not really sunk in yet that I can do all this as my job. THANK YOU!
Secondly, Mentoring u...
2023-06-24 19:55:10 +0000 UTC View PostHow To Speak Basic Rust
Hi folks! A short one today, I think this will be the first of a long-term 3-part, explaining rustcand clippy's output from basic, through intermediate, to advanced.
I hope you like it! It wa...
2023-06-22 11:34:10 +0000 UTC View PostHacking your brain with elaborate coping mechanisms
Hi friends, quite a personal video today! I have managed to become highly productive with these coping mechanisms, and perhaps some of them will work for you!
Thanks so much for your su...
2023-06-08 16:04:35 +0000 UTC View PostProduction Rust with Shuttle.rs
Today's video is a look at shuttle.rs's infra-from-code deployment system.
I first played with Shuttle last autumn, and was very impressed with what I saw, so when they reached out looking fo...
2023-05-25 14:42:24 +0000 UTC View PostVideo Postponed to next week + updates
I'd hoped I could finish the video but covid is a harsh mistress. Sorry all, I must push the video back a week (25th).
First time I've had the virus, and it's no fun is it! I'm through the wo...
2023-05-19 09:12:03 +0000 UTC View PostHacking your brain with Polyphasic Sleep
As hackers, we are always trying to get more out of our tools and ourselves. Stealing back hours from sleep is an incredible - and very achievable - technique. Today I'm talking about my experience...
2023-05-04 16:05:27 +0000 UTC View Post