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Hello! This is my new home on Mastodon, migrated from the mastodon.social instance where I hung out from 2017 to January 2026.

Recently moved to Seattle.

Interests: retro video games, emulation, infosec

On Mastodon since2017

The available evidence, and the best research, suggests that unattended agentic execution is *uncrackable*, too. LLMs will never be reliable enough, and quality gates will never be complete enough to take the human out of the loop to any significant extent.

It's a Fool's Errand, IMO.

This #Retroarch Saturday @occult and I finished Joe&Mac: Caveman Ninja, a game where player 2 is experiencing a bit of a dry spell but it's okay, there's sushi.
One of the most popular videos I ever made: a rapid-fire tour of all core Swift concepts designed to be watched in a single sitting, from optionals to protocols to closures. Great for learners reviewing fundamentals or folks switching from other languages! https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/242/learn-essential-swift-in-one-hour
Learn essential Swift in one hour

Here’s the least you need to know to get started with Swift.

Hacking with Swift
Black and white pencil drawings in 80's arcade games has gotta be one of my favourite aesthetics. Something about carefully shading it in and then crunching it down to like 480 lines of resolution just tickles my eyeballs. Pixelly pencil lines ftw

Safari 26.4 is here!
https://webkit.org/blog/17862/webkit-features-for-safari-26-4/

Grid Lanes. WebTransport. Keyboard Lock API. And _tons_ of fixes & improvements. Please read the introduction to our article to learn what we’ve been up to…

WebKit Features for Safari 26.4

March has a way of bringing a lot of new things to WebKit — and this year is no exception.

WebKit

Looking for a new job as an Embedded Software Engineer.

I have 3 years of experience as an embedded software engineer in an R&D team. Mostly with embedded C, real-time operating systems, ESP32, communication protocols, and some hardware design.

I'm specifically looking for companies that work on sustainability, health, education, privacy, FOSS, or similar fields. In the eastern part of the Netherlands or hybrid/remote.

If anyone knows any interesting companies, please let me know!

The new MacBook Neo is the most repairable MacBook we’ve seen in 14 years. Screwed-in battery tray, modular ports, sensible layout, and day-one repair manuals. It’s not perfect, but it’s a real step forward for MacBook repair. Read the full breakdown at the link below.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/116152/macbook-neo-is-the-most-repairable-macbook-in-14-years

#iFixit #RightoRepair

Nothing like a war over oil to make electric vehicles using renewable energy the obvious choice going forward

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/10/1119941/china-energy-dominance-three-charts/

China’s energy dominance in three charts

The country is installing solar, building EVs, and investing across energy at a rapid clip.

MIT Technology Review

Looks like I got laid off today.

If anyone’s looking for a C++ developer with 5 years of experience, feel free to reach out. I also work with Python, Go, and C.

I’m open to freelance work too - programming and pixel art 🎨

Feel free to DM me 🙂💻

#OpenToWork #CppDeveloper #CPlusPlus #SoftwareDeveloper #GameDev #IndieDev #FreelanceDeveloper #PythonDev #GoLang #CLanguage #PixelArt #GameArtist #IndieGameDev #FreelanceArtist