Shrutarshi Basu

@basus
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Programmer, Computer Scientist, lapsed academic. Interests include programming languages, human languages, typography, design, and websites.
Websitehttps://basus.me
Show threadShrutarshi BasuJan 13
@alex I've been using Lume for a while and like it. It is really fast and by and large works the way I expect an SSG to work and stays out of my way otherwise. But it is in Typescript and does have a lot of dependencies. That hasn’t been a problem yet, but it is at the back of my mind.
Show threadShrutarshi BasuJan 9
@jonmsterling one of my biggest mindfucks of the last few years has been leaving academia, and how much I actually like my current corporate research-ish job better.
Shrutarshi BasuJan 9
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?
Shrutarshi BasuJan 8

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

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Show threadShrutarshi BasuJan 8
@bd I need to take that approach for my own projects.
Show threadShrutarshi BasuJan 7
@bd I haven’t checked in on Badlang for a while, but I am very impressed with all you’ve done with it!
Show threadShrutarshi BasuJun 7, 2025
@jonmsterling I’ve been using Kagi for a few months and am yet to use or really even notice any AI features. To me it does seem like a 2002-era Google, at least design wise. My only issue is that browser integration on Safari is kinda janky. Is it worth paying for? Personally, yes (for various reasons), but YMMV.
Shrutarshi BasuJun 5, 2025
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.
Shrutarshi BasuJun 4, 2025
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.
Show threadShrutarshi BasuJun 1, 2025
@jonmsterling What's this about removing the jms- prefix? Should I not use a personal prefix for my own trees?