bushr.at
@bushr.at
Rust enthusiast, Bevy contributor, harbinger of no_std PRs, Tasmanian. (he/him)
The most evil program since operation sovereign borders. These are slaves who are threatened with MORE poverty if they do not work for free. My partner was the only woman forced to stand on the side of a highway for 8 hours painting a fence with 30 men.
the road to hell is paved with charities saying stuff like: "We're trying to remove the stigma of Work for the Dole"
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The most evil program since operation sovereign borders. These are slaves who are threatened with MORE poverty if they do not work for free. My partner was the only woman forced to stand on the side of a highway for 8 hours painting a fence with 30 men.
Is that ellipsoidal or cartesian?
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Countersigned document is attached."
"Countersigned document is attached."
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
“That’s not what HIPAA means.”
“That’s not what HIPAA means.”
February 8, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Is that ellipsoidal or cartesian?
One reason I haven't found chat bots as interesting as others, I think, is because I've had an offline copy of Wikipedia on my phone for the last 10 years, and it's just now occurred to me I don't think people realise you can do that.
All you nees kiwix.org and ~110GB of free space
All you nees kiwix.org and ~110GB of free space
No Internet? No Problem
Download and browse Wikipedia along with hundreds of educational websites. Free knowledge anytime, anywhere, without an internet connection.
kiwix.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
One reason I haven't found chat bots as interesting as others, I think, is because I've had an offline copy of Wikipedia on my phone for the last 10 years, and it's just now occurred to me I don't think people realise you can do that.
All you nees kiwix.org and ~110GB of free space
All you nees kiwix.org and ~110GB of free space
I think this is the best argument in favour of LLMs and other AI tools. Right now, today, they give at least some people a measurable productivity boost. My argument against these tools is I feel we could do better without natural language bots.
I'm a software engineer with decades of experience routinely regarded by my peers as one of the best coders they've met.
But the fact remains you can ship more code these days using something like Claude Code, and if I'm not using that to my advantage, I'll fall behind.
But the fact remains you can ship more code these days using something like Claude Code, and if I'm not using that to my advantage, I'll fall behind.
AI ableist 2 just dropped
If I were this person’s employer I’d be deeply worried about their aptitude, since apparently they can’t do their job without AI
If I were this person’s employer I’d be deeply worried about their aptitude, since apparently they can’t do their job without AI
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I think this is the best argument in favour of LLMs and other AI tools. Right now, today, they give at least some people a measurable productivity boost. My argument against these tools is I feel we could do better without natural language bots.
And how do these numbers compare for publicly educated students instead? Outside speciality schools for students with additional needs, private schooling should be expensive; it's a luxury. What our government should be funding is improving public schooling.
New research from The Australia Institute finds that Australia is the most expensive developed country for families to send a child to high school.
It costs Australian families $4,967 per year - almost four times the OECD average.
Read more: theaus.in/4anjEAp
It costs Australian families $4,967 per year - almost four times the OECD average.
Read more: theaus.in/4anjEAp
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
And how do these numbers compare for publicly educated students instead? Outside speciality schools for students with additional needs, private schooling should be expensive; it's a luxury. What our government should be funding is improving public schooling.
So there are three kinds of people apparently:
1. Billionaire child abuser or friend there of
2. Those who aspire to be in group 1
3. Normal people
Type 1 & 2 control at least most of the nuclear weapons in the world as an added bonus.
1. Billionaire child abuser or friend there of
2. Those who aspire to be in group 1
3. Normal people
Type 1 & 2 control at least most of the nuclear weapons in the world as an added bonus.
January 31, 2026 at 11:15 PM
So there are three kinds of people apparently:
1. Billionaire child abuser or friend there of
2. Those who aspire to be in group 1
3. Normal people
Type 1 & 2 control at least most of the nuclear weapons in the world as an added bonus.
1. Billionaire child abuser or friend there of
2. Those who aspire to be in group 1
3. Normal people
Type 1 & 2 control at least most of the nuclear weapons in the world as an added bonus.
I've always hated the media's obsession with tiny homes. I know some people love them, and that's great, but acting like paying a premium for compact versions of otherwise normal and inexpensive appliances is somehow economical is just insane.
You have a tiny home because it's cute.
You have a tiny home because it's cute.
Our ABC typing out a press release and calling it journalism again.
They run this idiotic, “tiny house solution to housing shortage” horse shit every month.
Trailer parks for the poors.
Before you say it, better than nothing isn’t the policy standard we should settle for.
#AusPol
They run this idiotic, “tiny house solution to housing shortage” horse shit every month.
Trailer parks for the poors.
Before you say it, better than nothing isn’t the policy standard we should settle for.
#AusPol
Tiny-home community set to offer solution to affordable housing
A permanent community of tiny homes in WA's South West has been given planning approval. The proposal, pitched as a unique solution to the housing crisis, has drawn criticism from neighbours.
www.abc.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I've always hated the media's obsession with tiny homes. I know some people love them, and that's great, but acting like paying a premium for compact versions of otherwise normal and inexpensive appliances is somehow economical is just insane.
You have a tiny home because it's cute.
You have a tiny home because it's cute.
Five jobs I've had:
- Supermarket shelf stacker
- IT support
- Lecturer
- Chocolate Factory SCADA engineer
- (current role) Electrical Engineer/Software Developer/GIS Specialist/IT Support/Guy That Gets the Milk
Kinda hoping to slim the last one down a bit this year lol
- Supermarket shelf stacker
- IT support
- Lecturer
- Chocolate Factory SCADA engineer
- (current role) Electrical Engineer/Software Developer/GIS Specialist/IT Support/Guy That Gets the Milk
Kinda hoping to slim the last one down a bit this year lol
Five jobs I’ve had
- Grocery store/meat department
- Construction
- Little Caesars
- Desktop Support
- Software Developer
Bonus:
- atproto pumpkin
- Grocery store/meat department
- Construction
- Little Caesars
- Desktop Support
- Software Developer
Bonus:
- atproto pumpkin
Five jobs i've had:
- Lifeguard
- Swimming Instructor
- Front line phone support
- Window Washer
- Principal Investigator
- Lifeguard
- Swimming Instructor
- Front line phone support
- Window Washer
- Principal Investigator
January 29, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Five jobs I've had:
- Supermarket shelf stacker
- IT support
- Lecturer
- Chocolate Factory SCADA engineer
- (current role) Electrical Engineer/Software Developer/GIS Specialist/IT Support/Guy That Gets the Milk
Kinda hoping to slim the last one down a bit this year lol
- Supermarket shelf stacker
- IT support
- Lecturer
- Chocolate Factory SCADA engineer
- (current role) Electrical Engineer/Software Developer/GIS Specialist/IT Support/Guy That Gets the Milk
Kinda hoping to slim the last one down a bit this year lol
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I don't like LLM tools, but I do agree with this take. But I'd go further and say if we put more effort into open source libraries and tooling the amount of work the LLM would do could drop to near-zero. Arc<Cow<String>>-ish types would allow humans to write fast Rust easier too
Hot take maybe but Claude would generate faster Rust if Rust had arc-cow stringy types because it’s picked up so much of that “just clone it” bs that we teach new users to avoid thinking about ownership
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I don't like LLM tools, but I do agree with this take. But I'd go further and say if we put more effort into open source libraries and tooling the amount of work the LLM would do could drop to near-zero. Arc<Cow<String>>-ish types would allow humans to write fast Rust easier too
ICE sporadically murdering innocent people is normal and expected while these public officials avoid accountability. These people must face a public trial and impeachment now.
“ICE > MN”
Our fascist leaders explicitly declaring that their untrained paramilitary of goons, a two-decade agency whose massive budget funds thugs in hoodies and body armor with rifles, is more important than an entire American state of 6 million people.
Our fascist leaders explicitly declaring that their untrained paramilitary of goons, a two-decade agency whose massive budget funds thugs in hoodies and body armor with rifles, is more important than an entire American state of 6 million people.
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
ICE sporadically murdering innocent people is normal and expected while these public officials avoid accountability. These people must face a public trial and impeachment now.
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen
It's times like these that I wish clamp accepted a range-like. Then you could just write x.clamp(..=N), x.clamp(N..), or x.clamp(a..=b). Much clearer IMO
I do wish Rust's num types had one of the following aliases:
* `.min(N)` -> `.at_most(N)`
* `.max(N)` -> `.at_least(N)`
There's a lot of places where you want to ensure that something is non-zero for example, so you'd write:
`value.max(1)`, but I ALWAYS accidentally write `value.min(1)` instead.
* `.min(N)` -> `.at_most(N)`
* `.max(N)` -> `.at_least(N)`
There's a lot of places where you want to ensure that something is non-zero for example, so you'd write:
`value.max(1)`, but I ALWAYS accidentally write `value.min(1)` instead.
January 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM
It's times like these that I wish clamp accepted a range-like. Then you could just write x.clamp(..=N), x.clamp(N..), or x.clamp(a..=b). Much clearer IMO
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Bevy 0.18 is out now!
It features Atmosphere Occlusion and PBR Shading, Generalized Atmospheric Scattering Media, Solari features, PBR Fixes, Font Variations, Automatic Directional Navigation, Fullscreen Materials, Cargo Feature Collections, Camera Controllers, and more!
bevy.org/news/bevy-0-...
It features Atmosphere Occlusion and PBR Shading, Generalized Atmospheric Scattering Media, Solari features, PBR Fixes, Font Variations, Automatic Directional Navigation, Fullscreen Materials, Cargo Feature Collections, Camera Controllers, and more!
bevy.org/news/bevy-0-...
Bevy 0.18
Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It is free and open-source forever!
bevy.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Bevy 0.18 is out now!
It features Atmosphere Occlusion and PBR Shading, Generalized Atmospheric Scattering Media, Solari features, PBR Fixes, Font Variations, Automatic Directional Navigation, Fullscreen Materials, Cargo Feature Collections, Camera Controllers, and more!
bevy.org/news/bevy-0-...
It features Atmosphere Occlusion and PBR Shading, Generalized Atmospheric Scattering Media, Solari features, PBR Fixes, Font Variations, Automatic Directional Navigation, Fullscreen Materials, Cargo Feature Collections, Camera Controllers, and more!
bevy.org/news/bevy-0-...
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This visibly gets to him so people should keep doing it.
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This visibly gets to him so people should keep doing it.
Software engineers: is_even is an unnecessary supply chain risk.
Also software engineers: Ok Gemini imagine you have a number...
Also software engineers: Ok Gemini imagine you have a number...
Software engineers: We must write faster, more efficient software!
Also software engineers: My coding assistant needs 3 whole datacenters, a nuclear reactor and a whole diverted river to help me write code that was scraped from Stack Overflow.
Also software engineers: My coding assistant needs 3 whole datacenters, a nuclear reactor and a whole diverted river to help me write code that was scraped from Stack Overflow.
January 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Software engineers: is_even is an unnecessary supply chain risk.
Also software engineers: Ok Gemini imagine you have a number...
Also software engineers: Ok Gemini imagine you have a number...
Maybe a hot take but "a11y" and "i18n" make me irrationally mad: these abbreviations are only used because because people aren't confident enough to spell accessibility or internationalisation right the first time in EMACS/vim/VSCode/etc. and decided to make it everyone else's problem.
using “a11y” is ironically not at all accessible, and terrible UX. can we all agree to stop using it, along with “i18n”?
January 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Maybe a hot take but "a11y" and "i18n" make me irrationally mad: these abbreviations are only used because because people aren't confident enough to spell accessibility or internationalisation right the first time in EMACS/vim/VSCode/etc. and decided to make it everyone else's problem.
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Had a little free time at night this week and finally started looking at hobby programming again. Wanted to play with the Toy Machine, so I decided to make my own virtual machine for it, then an assembler, and finally a macro preprocessor, all in Rust.
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Had a little free time at night this week and finally started looking at hobby programming again. Wanted to play with the Toy Machine, so I decided to make my own virtual machine for it, then an assembler, and finally a macro preprocessor, all in Rust.
Season 1 of The Promised Neverland is easily my favourite show and ending ever made. Season 2 of The Promised Neverland is quite possibly the worst show and ending ever made. Thankfully, season 1 is so well contained I think it's still a fantastic watch.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Season 1 of The Promised Neverland is easily my favourite show and ending ever made. Season 2 of The Promised Neverland is quite possibly the worst show and ending ever made. Thankfully, season 1 is so well contained I think it's still a fantastic watch.