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@gearsco.de

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Amateur software developer, investigating functional programming, compilers and Minecraft datapacks. - Core team member @gleam.run - One half of @datapack.dev

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Gears @gearsco.de · Dec 4

io.println("Hello, world!")

I'm Gears, an amateur software developer, investigating functional programming, compilers and Minecraft datpapacks.

I'm a team member of @gleam.run,
and one half of the technical datapack team, @datapack.dev

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Gears @gearsco.de · 10h

Good to know! I have tried #[expect(dead_code)] before but that never seemed to work (always throwing a warning even when the code is unused)

Gears @gearsco.de · 19h

That's me! I'm super exited to give my first ever conference talk at #ffconf, the conference I've been going to for eight years at this point.
2025.ffconf.org/surya

rem / Remy Sharp @remysharp.com · 22h

Pleased to share the final full line up for 2025.ffconf.org

It's a day that you'll come away from inspired and full of ideas.

The speakers for FFConf in a grid with topics: distributed power, inclusivity by design, design systems and web components, privacy and ethics, the good internet, ai brain drain, code and culture and finally: journey to coder.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Gears @gearsco.de · 2d

If burglars asked the people they were stealing from for permission to take they're stuff, they would be a lot less successful in they're burglaries. Doesn't mean theft is a good thing though

707Kat @707kat.bsky.social · 2d

They are going to say the same thing about water consumption and electricity costs. Prepare for subsidising it to the point of personal bankruptcy without even using it.

Because it's unsustainable, doesn't pay the people whose work it relies on properly and is used to maximise profit for the rich.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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Gears @gearsco.de · 3d

Ah yes, just blink into the camera for a few seconds and all your problems go away

Gears @gearsco.de · 3d

This is such a good video! Not only about audacity, but also really instructive about the process of improving an application in a user-friendly manner

Tantacrul @tantacrul.bsky.social · 7d

New video is OUT! - How We're Building Audacity 4

youtu.be/QYM3TWf_G38?...

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Tantacrul @tantacrul.bsky.social · 7d

New video is OUT! - How We're Building Audacity 4

youtu.be/QYM3TWf_G38?...

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 4d

💚 Greens are on the rise everywhere!

📈 New polling from YouGov shows the Green Party is viewed more favourably than any other party in London and among younger voters.

💪 And we're just getting started. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

Greens most popular party in London
Green Party 27%
Labour 20%
Reform 16%
YouG0v
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

With photo of Dalston in the background

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Apollo @worldgen.dev · 7d

Genuine question for people late in / have completed their computer science degree, is it even worth going into in 2025? I love computer science but the job prospects look so bad and I can't imagine them being much better in 2029.

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Gears @gearsco.de · 6d

They wrote it on punch cards before computers could even read punch cards

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 6d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 7d

Measure Twice, Cut Once

xkcd.com/3149/

Comic. “Measure [Twice], cut [Once]” -Carpenty Proverb. [Scatter plot with number of measurements on y axis and number of cuts on x axis. Points in a descending line on graph: surveyor, surgeon, good carpenter, careless carpenter, really bad carpenter, serial killer]

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Gears @gearsco.de · 7d

I love this idea! I think it would be useful to have a way to filter by language so you can find issues for codebases in languages you're familiar with

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Gleam Programming Language @gleam.run · 7d

Did you know Gleam has a playground? ⭐
Thanks to it, you can try Gleam directly in your browser, no installation needed. Perfect for exploring the language, testing snippets or sharing examples with others.
Give it a try: playground.gleam.run

The Gleam Playground

Write, run, and share Gleam code in your browser: a playground for the Gleam programming language.

playground.gleam.run

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Emil Privér @priver.dev · 9d

I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

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Gleam Programming Language @gleam.run · 9d

Gleam Brasil has just launched 🇧🇷 with the goal of “promoting Gleam in Brazil by creating high-quality content, tutorials, and articles in Portuguese”.
The organizers have already set up a GitHub org to centralize their efforts: github.com/gleam-br

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 10d

sad to say that 2 re-releases later ivalice still has no concept of my birthday...

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Gears @gearsco.de · 11d

Wow, what a coincidence, me too! These humans aren't really my type

Gears @gearsco.de · 11d

Loads of cool features coming up! Unfortunately function inlining had some bugs in it which were not trivially fixable, so it needed to be pushed back to 1.14, but lots of other stuff to enjoy in the meanwhile

Gleam Programming Language @gleam.run · 11d

Gleam v1.13.0-rc1 is out for testing! 🌟
github.com/gleam-lang/g...

Release v1.13.0-rc1 · gleam-lang/gleam

https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/v1.13.0-rc1/CHANGELOG.md

github.com

Gears @gearsco.de · 11d

Break a leg!

I have no idea how that expression came to be but oh well

Gears @gearsco.de · 12d

This is the bold politics that we needed

Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 12d

Gary: I'm not saying that Farage or Donald Trump are racists or fascists, right, I'm not...

Zack: I am.

lol. 😂

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 12d

"I want to see Zack Polanski disagree with more guests on his podcast"

Gary Stevenson: hold my beer

Gears @gearsco.de · 13d

"Who wrote this awful code?"
"Oh, it was me. Must have been years ago when I was still learning and wasn't very good"
*checks date*
"Last week??"

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★ @lexa.qexat.com · 14d

@gleam.run mentioned!

tarides.com/blog/2025-08...

@tarides.com @ocaml.org #OCaml #Refactoring #Merlin

Internship Report: Refactoring Tools Coming to Merlin

Timéo shares his project integrating new refactoring features into Merlin, improving user experience with a new command.

tarides.com

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Gears @gearsco.de · 15d

Finally completed this after being stuck for several days on levels 46 and 47. All worth it though, I'm now a certified human! (And I had a blast playing it)

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Louis Pilfold @lpil.uk · 16d

Happy 5000th PR/issue to Gleam!

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