andybalaam

andybalaam, 3 days ago to rust

Good stuff

https://without.boats/blog/references-are-like-jumps/

"Unfortunately, most people seem to have taken the wrong lesson from Rust. They see all of this business with lifetimes and ownership as a dirty mess that Rust has had to adopt because it wanted to avoid garbage collection. But this is completely backwards! Rust adopted rules around shared mutable state and this enabled it to avoid garbage collection. These rules are a good idea regardless."

#rustlang

andybalaam, 25 days ago to Matrix

I want Matrix to last. When I look at the success of the Linux project, I see years of steady work paying off in the long term. I think Matrix should take the same approach: steadily working on creating an excellent open standard and excellent implementations of it. Taking over the world (which is absolutely my ambition!) will inevitably come if the product is good enough, because the advantages of openness are so strong.

https://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/2024/04/20/standing-for-the-matrix-governing-board/

#matrix

andybalaam, 1 month ago to Matrix

Now is a good time to become a Matrix Foundation member, because it will allow you to vote for members of the new Governing Board, who will support and guide Matrix.

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/04/election-announcement/

#matrix

andybalaam, 1 month ago to Matrix

Still thinking I am likely to stand for the Matrix Governing Board.

My top priority would be to help the foundation move to a place where Matrix is sustainable, and slowly but surely becomes a widely-adopted standard for instant messaging.

Anyone interested in nominating me?

#matrix

andybalaam, 1 month ago to random

Today's Rust coding stream:

https://diode.zone/w/iDYoDv4tpos3L2mzg1J1tD

andybalaam, 1 month ago to random

When you type gut duff it means you're ready for a holiday.

andybalaam, 1 month ago to rust

Potter through some Rust coding with me in 1hr 20 minutes at 15:00 UTC.

https://andybalaam.uk.to/

#rustlang #livestream

andybalaam, 1 month ago to random

I was thinking about phones making us miserable.

Computers (for me) are playful and creative devices, and phones are a bit of a tyranny.

How can we make phones more playful, and things that connect us?

Maybe someone could create some mini low-pressure games similar to Wordle or the BBC quizzes, and make them work with GPS or Bluetooth so that you are competing against someone nearby?

It would be completely opt-in, but might it help connect us. I'm imagining a little shy smile on the train.

matthewskelton, 2 months ago to llm

"the real-world use case for large language models is overwhelmingly to generate content for spamming"

Excellent article by Amy Castor

#GenAI #LLM #Crypto #Scam

https://amycastor.com/2023/09/12/pivot-to-ai-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/

andybalaam, 2 months ago to rust

Recording of today's live stream:

https://diode.zone/w/9zEnZRPjCARguUc7j9Vf2C

This time:

• Figured out how to test the contents of the DB after we add a greeting
• Realised we need to handle bad crontab syntax before we can commit this change

#rust #livestream #coding

andybalaam, 2 months ago to rust

Even more Rust for you! Type Parameters and Associated Types:

https://diode.zone/w/2arNvqeBtwJwRbjxuwzFNQ

https://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/2024/02/22/rust-101-13-type-parameters-and-associated-types/

#rust #video

kubikpixel, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to rust

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andybalaam, 2 months ago to rust

Rust 101 fans, another video for you:

https://diode.zone/w/9Db2EwKP8ga6A5oaBhripm

https://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/2024/02/19/rust-101-12-traits/

It's all about traits, which describe what a type can do.

#rustlang #tutorial #programming

andybalaam, 3 months ago to fediverse

The fediverse is working. I am now following (using Mastodon) a "Learning Rust" community on Lemmy [1], who I found through them commenting on my peertube video [2] using Lemmy.

[1] @learningrustandlemmy [2] https://diode.zone/w/wJJJ7DRh3fCvHq6KuZY3t9

#fediverse #rust #lemmy #peertube

andybalaam, 3 months ago to random

Estimating software tasks and stories: avoid time-based estimates

https://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/2023/06/07/estimating-software-tasks-and-stories-avoid-time-based-estimates/

andybalaam, 3 months ago to rust

Streaming #rust live in 5 mins!

https://andybalaam.uk.to/

andybalaam, 3 months ago to rust

The next chapter of Rust 101 is an important little one:

Strings!

https://diode.zone/w/dxQuzYToShEN2rbYhXeo7j

https://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/2024/01/25/rust-101-10-strings/

#rustlang #video #tutorial

andybalaam, 3 months ago to random

Today I get to work with amazing people on a properly difficult project that is really important.

And all the work I will do today is immediately freely available to everyone.

Seriously grateful.

andybalaam, 4 months ago to rust

Recording of today's stream:

https://diode.zone/w/sjxsov4BdVCzmsb4VTdxdY

This time:

• Start refactoring the code that parses human commands to allow adding clever functionality e.g. recognising quoted strings.

Next time:

• Finish changing the parser so it can recognise non-keywords and stop looking for keywords after that

#rustlang #coding #matrix

andybalaam, 4 months ago to Matrix

Considering standing for the Matrix Governing Board. I'd be an individual member, advocating for Matrix to be sustainable long-term to replace proprietary communication tools across the board.

What do you think?

https://matrix.org/blog/2023/12/electing-our-first-governing-board/

#matrix

andybalaam, 5 months ago to Matrix

Woo, my first #matrix spec pull request!

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/pull/1677

drewdevault, 7 months ago to random

A question I'm getting a lot is "how do I enforce my code of conduct properly"

So I'm working on a handbook that provides a basic framework of conduct enforcement that can be forked and adapted to your community's needs

Is this something that you or your community would find valuable?

A screenshot of the "disruptive behavior" procedure, which recommends among other steps to issue a public or private warning or employ a ban.
A screenshot of the "Harassment, general" procedure, which disambiguates various kinds of harassment and makes recommendations for each