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caolan

@caolan@hachyderm.io

I'm a software developer working mostly in #JavaScript and #TypeScript. I like to grow food, bake bread, walk, climb, and run.

I also write #Scheme, #Zig, #Python, and #Rust.

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caolan, to random
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Unusually for me, I'm going to be working in public from (almost) day 1 of a project: a runtime for peer-to-peer web apps.

https://caolan.uk/notes/2024-05-23_new_project_true_serverless_web_apps.cm

caolan,
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@janl yes, we even did a prototype with it :)

caolan, to random
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This is it. This is what hell looks like. https://landscape.cncf.io/

caolan, to random
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Do you use XMPP? Say hello and help me test my server: xmpp:caolan@caolan.uk

caolan, to javascript
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This project I wrote 7 years ago is actually pretty cool. I think it deserved more love than it got.

hydration of a template syntax designed for any backend language.

https://github.com/caolan/magery

caolan, to random
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List of 2024 Leap Day Bugs
https://codeofmatt.com/list-of-2024-leap-day-bugs/

caolan, to random
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At $9.81 per website, it might be worth hiring one of these LLMs for cheap added security checks. I mean, if you don't some kid will.

"LLM Agents can Autonomously Hack Websites" https://arxiv.org/html/2402.06664v3

caolan,
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@markhughes a proven business model!

caolan, to linux
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I feel as happy and content running XFCE today as I did Gnome 2 in 2010. I look forward to Wayland setting us back another 13 years.

caolan, to random
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C (or zig) developers, is there a portable version of strptime somewhere that can handle timezones? I'd rather not depend on glibc for this.

caolan,
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@janl I've never explored the PHP standard library. Perhaps I should!

I'll probably end up writing some hacky solution using libc's strptime and just parsing the offset myself...

caolan,
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@janl I found one 🙂 https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/blob/master/src/flb_strptime.c

molly0xfff, to random
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fuck i love blogs. if i had nothing but time i would just read blogs all day.

caolan,
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@molly0xfff thanks for this thread. I look forward to trawling through it 😁. Mine is at https://caolan.uk

caolan, to random
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I once saw a project maintainer dismiss sqlite because "it's just grepping a file". 'Real' databases must just be magic to them.

caolan, to javascript
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I'm inviting a little randomness into my work schedule by seeking serendipity on the fediverse:

I'm looking for a small project starting late Feb/Mar - a couple of days a week at most. If you could use a bit of help for a competitive day rate, say hello 👋

caolan, to javascript
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Did you know you can destructure from an infinite source of values in ? Well, you can.

https://caolan.uk/notes/2024-01-03_destructuring_infinity.cm

caolan, to random
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Dear Mastodon hive mind, I've lost a link and it's driving me nuts. It was an article about how we used to organise our sites differently using personal taxonomies for pages instead of chronological posts. Do you remember this article?

caolan, to Sheffield
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Does anyone in have, or know the location of, a medlar tree? I have never tasted this fruit.

caolan, to random
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Just finished the first episode of 8 Out of 10 Bats and I have experienced a strange alternate universe where the BBC allows Autumnwatch to mention the sustainability crisis. It's pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/@8OutOf10Bats

caolan, to random
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Ha, the COP28 website has a fake 'low-carbon' toggle. Total greenwashing bullshit.

https://css-irl.info/greenwashing-and-the-cop28-website/

caolan, to random
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Organic Maps is a really polished and streamlined OpenStreetMap interface for Android (and iOS). If you find OsmAnd too clunky maybe give this a try.

https://organicmaps.app/

caolan, to random
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The UK has a public weather service and you can use that data under the Open Government Licence. I'm not one to leave data lying around, I wrote a little script to fetch forecasts: https://caolan.uk/weather/

caolan, to random
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Definition: mobile app (noun) - a web page wrapped in spyware.

caolan, to Sheffield
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On my run yesterday, the whole of was blanketed in smoke from deliberate burning on the moors. The air quality index hit 193 in Hunters Bar and I still feel short of breath today.

A city of over half a million people was subjected to this pollution so some posh pustule can kill birds for fun.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-67058489

caolan, to random
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I'm developing an editor for note-taking and I'd love some feedback.

https://nestedtext.com

🧵 I think it's neat because…

caolan,
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@janl 👍 confirmed, thanks. To be honest, if that's the worst you've encountered on iOS so far I'm pretty happy!

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