First Impressions of Omarchy
I have a pre-built gaming desktop from 2017. When I upgraded recently from windows 10 to 11, I had to work around the requirement, despite my computer be...
How I made cycling fun again
With this post, I want to document how I made cycling fun for myself again.
How to Scam the Scammers
My name is Gabriele De Rosa. Discover more about me here.
A basic introduction to NumPy's einsum – ajcr – Haphazard investigations
Haphazard investigations
Home is where the home server is
It was moving day, but for my home server.
Fine-grained HTTP filtering for Claude Code
Default‑deny HTTP(S) for dev tools and AI agents. Script rules in JS or shell, log every request, and keep egress within your policy.
I Hate the Gym, So I Built a Fitness App with Spec Coding
A personal story about building LiftFire, a gym tracker app — and my thoughts on the future of vibe coding, spec coding, and AI-assisted development.
Max Leiter
We talk about overfitting models but never overfitting prompts to models
Repetitive negative thinking is associated with cognitive function decline in older adults: a cross-sectional study - BMC Psychiatry
Background Psychological problems such as depression and anxiety increase the risk of cognitive impairment in older adults. But mechanisms on the effect of psychological disorder on cognitive function is inconclusive. Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is a co…
the video lunchbox
An opening note: would you believe that I have been at this for five years, now? If I planned ahead better, I would have done this on the five-year anniversary, but I missed it. Computers Are Bad is now five years and four months old.
Suriya Ganesh
When and where Agents work. Most importantly, How to work with them
On rereading books - Max Girkins
How arrogant would you have to be to think you've gained everything from a book on your first reading?
Stop Coding. Start Writing.
Writing + LLMs = engineering productivity
"Late-Stage Capitalism" Is Just Overfitting
I get the strong impression that people using the phrase "late stage capitalism" mostly just mean "capitalism right now, which I don't like". It's just my impression though, and who really cares what I think (even among the readers of my blog post), so let's …
A word about complexity
After spending some time dealing with problems derived from the complexity of the web, I would like to write something about it.
Geedge & MESA Leak: Analyzing the Great Firewall’s Largest Document Leak
The Great Firewall of China (GFW) experienced the largest leak of internal documents in its history on Thursday September 11, 2025. Over 500 GB of source code, work logs, and internal communication records were leaked, revealing details of the GFW's research, …
The Case Against Social Media is Stronger Than You Think
A reply to Dan Williams
Two Slice, a font that's only 2px tall
A font that's only 2px tall, and somewhat readable! Uppercase and lowercase have some different variants, in case you find one more readable than the other. Numbers (sort of) and some punctuation marks are included.
Stations and transfers
A gallery of drawings depicting the topology of metro stations from different European cities.
Magical systems thinking - Works in Progress Magazine
Systems thinking promises to give us a toolkit to design complex systems that work from the ground up. It fails because it ignores that systems fight back.
The Python Arcade Library — Python Arcade 3.3.2
Arcade is an easy-to-learn Python library for creating 2D games and more. The friendly API caters to both beginners and experts alike. Do you want to craft craft your take on a 2D classic, or explore the full power of shaders? It’s up to you.
Git's hidden simplicity: what's behind every commit
Many programmers would admit this: our knowledge of Git tends to be pretty… superficial.