Alexander Bandukwala
@bandukwala.me
💻 Pursuing the Future of Computing
🔬 PhD Student @ University of Michigan (Future of Programming Lab)
🪄 Building Hazel: Live Functional Programming & Malleable Systems
🐾 Dog Parent
🛠️ Ex-Software Engineer
🌟 Computing Maximalist
🔬 PhD Student @ University of Michigan (Future of Programming Lab)
🪄 Building Hazel: Live Functional Programming & Malleable Systems
🐾 Dog Parent
🛠️ Ex-Software Engineer
🌟 Computing Maximalist
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Alexander Bandukwala
@bandukwala.me
· Nov 15
Tell me who to add to this #ProgrammingLanguages go.bsky.app/KPyf9X8
LeBron so old he gets call outs in Tokyo drift
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
LeBron so old he gets call outs in Tokyo drift
I like that American milk chocolate is a little sour
February 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I like that American milk chocolate is a little sour
Having another make illegal states unrepresentable moment
February 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Having another make illegal states unrepresentable moment
I need a playlist of all the original songs from the fast and furious franchise
February 2, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I need a playlist of all the original songs from the fast and furious franchise
Finished first draft of tax returns 😮💨
February 1, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Finished first draft of tax returns 😮💨
Test post to see how bluesky replies work as blog comments bandukwala.me/on-compositi...
As someone interested in providing more agency in our computing environment I am on the lookout for pieces of our current computing environments that can be enriched to provide a more malleable experience. Window management is an area that I keep coming back to given how prevalent the domain is. I will provide a recap of what window management is, how it’s used today, and how modern applications have evolved to deal with current deficiencies. Then I’ll provide a compositional approach for window management to move towards and discuss how I think this could make applications more malleable.
bandukwala.me
February 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Test post to see how bluesky replies work as blog comments bandukwala.me/on-compositi...
Maddie’s options for movies tonight: past lives or 2 fast 2 furious
January 31, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Maddie’s options for movies tonight: past lives or 2 fast 2 furious
Dynamic type checking makes the definition of type safety so confusing.
January 30, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Dynamic type checking makes the definition of type safety so confusing.
Tried getting claude to integrate a react toggle button 🙃
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Tried getting claude to integrate a react toggle button 🙃
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haskell's ffi is soo good
January 30, 2026 at 5:57 PM
haskell's ffi is soo good
Don’t shame me like this google
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Don’t shame me like this google
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January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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sorry, but the Founding Fathers' original intent for the 2nd Amendment was always *just* to do school shootings
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
sorry, but the Founding Fathers' original intent for the 2nd Amendment was always *just* to do school shootings
Comcast is always emailing me to tell me what a good job they're doing trying to keep their services working and it always has the opposite affect on me. Like I wouldn't otherwise be thinking about how awful they are if they weren't constantly reminding me.
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Comcast is always emailing me to tell me what a good job they're doing trying to keep their services working and it always has the opposite affect on me. Like I wouldn't otherwise be thinking about how awful they are if they weren't constantly reminding me.
Is it too passive aggressive to delete WhatsApp chain messages from the family group chat?
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Is it too passive aggressive to delete WhatsApp chain messages from the family group chat?
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2026 will finally be the year that fancy type systems will have to provide good error messages, so that coding agents can actually use the error messages to effectively fix the programs.
We didn't do it for the humans, but we'll be forced to do it for the machines. (-:
We didn't do it for the humans, but we'll be forced to do it for the machines. (-:
Sure! He didn't say types either. It has to be a thing with hard failures, so the agent has a clear reward function for the reinforcement loop. He didn't say, but I would also expect, it's got to be hard failures *with useful diagnostics* so that the coding agent knows how to go about fixing things.
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 PM
2026 will finally be the year that fancy type systems will have to provide good error messages, so that coding agents can actually use the error messages to effectively fix the programs.
We didn't do it for the humans, but we'll be forced to do it for the machines. (-:
We didn't do it for the humans, but we'll be forced to do it for the machines. (-:
Frosted tips season
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Frosted tips season
Just made my first Wikipedia edit
January 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Just made my first Wikipedia edit
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Four and a half MILLION dead children
It's hard to describe the depths of suffering” caused by King Trump’s destruction of “the entire global aid system.
Oxfam says its analysis projects 4,537,157 child deaths by 2030 because of Trump's regime ending of USAID.
Oxfam says its analysis projects 4,537,157 child deaths by 2030 because of Trump's regime ending of USAID.
Ghastly new figures show Trump's cuts killing many more kids than dreaded
President Donald Trump’s shuttering of USAID last year will have a long-term negative impact on children throughout the world, according to a report released on Thursday by Oxfam.In its analysis, Oxfa...
www.rawstory.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Four and a half MILLION dead children
Why did websites switch to a 2-step process for username and password?
January 19, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Why did websites switch to a 2-step process for username and password?
Switched the living room devices from direct WiFi to a gigabit switch with one AP in bridge mode and having a lot less jitter.
January 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Switched the living room devices from direct WiFi to a gigabit switch with one AP in bridge mode and having a lot less jitter.
Things I shouldn't know
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Things I shouldn't know
Once I finish doing the thing I'm supposed to be doing I'm going to try leveling up my personal site with claude. There's probably some basic features I want but I'm curious how far into the build my own CMS rabbit-hole I should go into.
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Once I finish doing the thing I'm supposed to be doing I'm going to try leveling up my personal site with claude. There's probably some basic features I want but I'm curious how far into the build my own CMS rabbit-hole I should go into.
Every time they offer this dogsledding weekend I'm closer to signing up
Dogsled and Winter Skills Weekend - Michigan Recreation
webstore.recreation.umich.edu
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Every time they offer this dogsledding weekend I'm closer to signing up
Should I respond and tell them that the Ph.D. stipends are public.
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Should I respond and tell them that the Ph.D. stipends are public.