14 February 2025

45 links · Friday

Freedom of thought

Blog where I occasionally write some of the many thoughts I have every moment

Emjay - a simple JIT that does math

Today I wanna show off my most recent little project, called emjay. It’s a very simple “language”, with an evaluator that generates JIT code and executes it. It does not have a “normal” interpreter, only the JIT compiler. The language is extremely limited, but…

Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Chat Interfaces?

I've been thinking a lot about this: why does every app, tool, and platform seem to be adding a chat interface? I get it — chat is powerful. You can freely ask for something and get results fast. But as an interface designer, I can't help but feel that product…

So you want to run untrusted code?

Congrats, you just purchased a brand new domain name for your enterprising SaaS startup. Overnight you came up with the brilliant idea to start a company that runs other people’s code as a business. I applaud you on your originality. The only problem is… how a…

Personal website design for the long term

My website is breaking. I want this website to be my home on the internet for ever. This website has way to many dependencies, is complicated for the sake of it (I was learning the tech) and as such is slowly starting to fall apart.

Own Every Feed Type

Max explains why organizations should own all three digital feed types—no feed, slow feed, and fast feed—and how hosting your own fast feed supports decentralization and digital publishing independence.

What Would Surprise You? | Centauri Dreams

Someone asked me the other day what it would take to surprise me. In other words, given the deluge of data coming in from all kinds of observatories, what one bit of news would set me back on my heels? That took some reflection. Would it surprise me, my interl…

Factoring an integer using its Zeckendorf representation

Notation: Given an integer $N$, we find its Zeckendorf representation as the sum of non-consecutive Fibonacci numbers. By the Zeckendorf theorem, this representation is unique. Let $\zeta_N$ denote...

Run AI Completely Local at Home!

Dave explains how to run Deepseek R1 at home. Free Sample of my Book on the Spectrum: https://amzn.to/3zBinWM Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire: https://amzn.to/3WNDDkJ Watch ShopTalk Now on Dave's Attic: https://youtu.be/5Emgx0lhllE Follow me on X: http…

DeepSeek R1 Demo at Home.

Dave explains how to run Deepseek R1 at home. Free Sample of my Book on the Spectrum: https://amzn.to/3zBinWM Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire: https://amzn.to/3WNDDkJ Watch ShopTalk Now on Dave's Attic: https://youtu.be/5Emgx0lhllE Follow me on X: http…

Fanout Pattern: Scale Your Message Consumers to Infinity

Want to master Clean Architecture? Go here: https://bit.ly/3PupkOJ Want to unlock Modular Monoliths? Go here: https://bit.ly/3SXlzSt Get the source code here: https://www.patreon.com/milanjovanovic Discover how to build a robust webhook processing system that…

The Most Cursed Thing I've Seen in C#

Get our two C# courses for free on Dometrain: https://dometrain.com/bundle/from-zero-to-hero-csharp/ Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://nickchapsas.com Become a Patreon and get special perks: https://www.patreon.com/nickchapsas Hello, everybody. I'm …

What if Eye...?

Starting with a single light-detecting cell, our digital creatures face challenges that shaped real eyes over millions of years: navigating the world, discerning food from poison, and evading predators.

technomancy search

Did you learn to use the Internet in the 90s like me? There's a lot of nostalgia around those simpler times before the Web had been colonized by companies. Some of it is valid and some is seen thru rose-colored glasses, but anyone who was there at …

Reassessing Wayland

So a bit under 3 years ago, I made my infamous Wayland rant post that is likely the most read post on this blog by miles. I should really actually write about music again one of these days, but that's a topic for another time. The language was perhaps a bit in…

Programs don't kill people, computers do

This post outlines the evolution of the EYG editor. The major changes over time, design thoughts and some implementation notes.

| The Atlas for the Aspiring Network Scientist v2Michele Coscia

After a year of dedicated effort, I’m glad to announce that the second version of my atlas for network science is finally out! Just like version one, the PDF is available free of charge both on arXiV and on the companion website, which also contains all the so…

I have come to loathe acronyms

Unless they are widely, widely known they make communication worse. And they have a tendency to make the writer seem pompous, or a member of...

Multi-files fixes

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