Dear lazyweb, if I wanted to build a compiler back-end that targeted multiple architectures (x84-64, arm64, maybe WASM), is there a standard-ish intermediate representation I could take as input? Ideally something simpler than LLVM IR?
Can't shake the feeling that no one is in charge at Marvel.
https://youtu.be/kH1XlwHQv9o?si=x95J8hf6mrNQd7UW
Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026
The more I look into containers and Nix (and related) the more I feel like Docker squandered a golden opportunity by making Dockerfiles be essentially shell scripts rather declarative specifications for reproducible builds.
Starting to do some sysadmin and server deployment work and really wishing there was a bastard love child of Docker, Nix and Alpine Linux. With a sane scripting language of course.
What's the best way to generate a good looking PDF and a decent looking webpage from the same source? Looks like Typst just added an initial version of their HTML output, but maybe Latex is still the most mature and capable?
Don't make me tap the sign. 👇
I should suck it up and learn to program properly in TypeScript. There's a growing list of software that I'd like to use and extend that uses TypeScript (Obsidian, Lume, Fedify), not to mention its utility for web programming. The language itself is pretty good, though I'm not thrilled by a lot of the tooling and ecosystem around it. Hopefully there's a way of writing usable code in it that keeps the messiness at bay.
I'm a sucker for a good color scheme, and Flexoki by Stephan Ango is a keeper. It's similar to Solarized but brighter and with more contrast. And yes, I am tempted to adapt it as a color scheme for my site.
https://stephango.com/flexoki
Flexoki
An inky color scheme for prose and code.
Some thoughts on re-asserting ownership in age where everything is rented:
https://v4.basus.me/journal/2025/03/reasserting-ownership/
Re-asserting Ownership
Islands of ownership in a sea of rentals
I wrote about my Steam Spring Sale haul, which made me think about the positive effects of getting things for yourself.
https://v4.basus.me/journal/2025/03/steam-spring-sale-haul/
Steam Spring Sale Haul
Picked up some games I don't need and might never play
The Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉