Damien Le Berrigaud [IC]
@damo.io
French Breton living in Colorado. (he/him)
Co-founder and software engineer at initialCapacity[]
Architecture is not incompatible with XP.
Really like modern static type systems (F#, Elm, Dart, Kotlin, Swift…).
Also into cycling, climbing and cheese.
Co-founder and software engineer at initialCapacity[]
Architecture is not incompatible with XP.
Really like modern static type systems (F#, Elm, Dart, Kotlin, Swift…).
Also into cycling, climbing and cheese.
December 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Super impressed by the work on Wine (the windows runtime for linux). In particular the work on Bottles to make it easy to try different runtimes and configurations. But even more important the work by Sveinar Søpler on the support for Nvidia's CUDA.
December 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Super impressed by the work on Wine (the windows runtime for linux). In particular the work on Bottles to make it easy to try different runtimes and configurations. But even more important the work by Sveinar Søpler on the support for Nvidia's CUDA.
What’s with all the portrait mode videos where people put subtitles that appear really fast, two words at a time?!
It’s incredibly unhelpful.
It’s incredibly unhelpful.
December 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
What’s with all the portrait mode videos where people put subtitles that appear really fast, two words at a time?!
It’s incredibly unhelpful.
It’s incredibly unhelpful.
Back on Linux, PopOS with Cosmic Desktop, pleased to see High-DPI and variable framerate is well supported!
Nice Job @system76.bsky.social, defaults on Cosmic Desktop are pretty sensible and it seems incredibly stable for such a new environment.
Nice Job @system76.bsky.social, defaults on Cosmic Desktop are pretty sensible and it seems incredibly stable for such a new environment.
December 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Back on Linux, PopOS with Cosmic Desktop, pleased to see High-DPI and variable framerate is well supported!
Nice Job @system76.bsky.social, defaults on Cosmic Desktop are pretty sensible and it seems incredibly stable for such a new environment.
Nice Job @system76.bsky.social, defaults on Cosmic Desktop are pretty sensible and it seems incredibly stable for such a new environment.
Just discovered this, and I feel like it was the same for me regarding software engineering.
I was not particularly good at it but I learned how to figure things out, how to debug things, how to dive into thousands of lines of logs to find an error and get to the next one.
And I enjoyed it.
I was not particularly good at it but I learned how to figure things out, how to debug things, how to dive into thousands of lines of logs to find an error and get to the next one.
And I enjoyed it.
Back on Twitter, my most viewed tweet was a link to my "math pep talk"—a video I made for my students that now has 23K views 👀
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kenf...
There's a lot to expand on in that video, like structural barriers to success in math. But I'm sharing it again anyway.
#MTBoS
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kenf...
There's a lot to expand on in that video, like structural barriers to success in math. But I'm sharing it again anyway.
#MTBoS
So, you think you're bad at math...
YouTube video by Courtney Gibbons
m.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just discovered this, and I feel like it was the same for me regarding software engineering.
I was not particularly good at it but I learned how to figure things out, how to debug things, how to dive into thousands of lines of logs to find an error and get to the next one.
And I enjoyed it.
I was not particularly good at it but I learned how to figure things out, how to debug things, how to dive into thousands of lines of logs to find an error and get to the next one.
And I enjoyed it.
What I find interesting is that in English ships and cars are females, mainly because men chose to do so, while in French it's pretty much whatever the Latin gender was.
December 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
What I find interesting is that in English ships and cars are females, mainly because men chose to do so, while in French it's pretty much whatever the Latin gender was.
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What the fuck....?
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What the fuck....?
If you're a new software engineer, learn your design patterns.
To this day, I find myself dramatically simplifying implementations and making them so much easier to test (without mocking the entire world) by refactoring into a pattern.
To this day, I find myself dramatically simplifying implementations and making them so much easier to test (without mocking the entire world) by refactoring into a pattern.
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you're a new software engineer, learn your design patterns.
To this day, I find myself dramatically simplifying implementations and making them so much easier to test (without mocking the entire world) by refactoring into a pattern.
To this day, I find myself dramatically simplifying implementations and making them so much easier to test (without mocking the entire world) by refactoring into a pattern.
I wonder what System of a Down would write if they released an album these days. Probably a good mix between pure emotion and anger that would fit this period quite well.
When I'm sad I listen to "Lonely day" on repeat.
When I'm emotional but not quite sad I listen to "Toxicity".
When I'm sad I listen to "Lonely day" on repeat.
When I'm emotional but not quite sad I listen to "Toxicity".
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I wonder what System of a Down would write if they released an album these days. Probably a good mix between pure emotion and anger that would fit this period quite well.
When I'm sad I listen to "Lonely day" on repeat.
When I'm emotional but not quite sad I listen to "Toxicity".
When I'm sad I listen to "Lonely day" on repeat.
When I'm emotional but not quite sad I listen to "Toxicity".
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“.. Facts are stubborn things. The world is not as Trump imagined it. .. one of his favourite tools is turning out to be far less effective and far more injurious to its user than he imagined. We did, of course, tell him so.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/5fa7...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/5fa7...
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“.. Facts are stubborn things. The world is not as Trump imagined it. .. one of his favourite tools is turning out to be far less effective and far more injurious to its user than he imagined. We did, of course, tell him so.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/5fa7...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/5fa7...
I really want to be able to disable/enable reposts from specific people on my timeline. Instead I end up just unfollowing the heavy reposters that otherwise have actually interesting stuff to talk about.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I really want to be able to disable/enable reposts from specific people on my timeline. Instead I end up just unfollowing the heavy reposters that otherwise have actually interesting stuff to talk about.
Valve announced a new Steam machine. Totally want one of those to put in my arcade cabinet.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Valve announced a new Steam machine. Totally want one of those to put in my arcade cabinet.
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You are not "more American" than the child of two undocumented immigrants.
Y'all really let racist South Africans and Australians and British people (who weren't even born here!) immigrate to the US, and then start making up new rules about who is and isn't American?
No.
It doesn't work that way
Y'all really let racist South Africans and Australians and British people (who weren't even born here!) immigrate to the US, and then start making up new rules about who is and isn't American?
No.
It doesn't work that way
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
You are not "more American" than the child of two undocumented immigrants.
Y'all really let racist South Africans and Australians and British people (who weren't even born here!) immigrate to the US, and then start making up new rules about who is and isn't American?
No.
It doesn't work that way
Y'all really let racist South Africans and Australians and British people (who weren't even born here!) immigrate to the US, and then start making up new rules about who is and isn't American?
No.
It doesn't work that way
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Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
The concept of truthiness in programming languages is cute…. But definitely not worth the headaches.
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The concept of truthiness in programming languages is cute…. But definitely not worth the headaches.
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
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Yes it was the content of domestic policies.
Do you think that you could convince immigrants that Trump is a good candidate for them, because yes, he gave $45 billion to ICE, but he also funded the IRA?🤡
Then why do we think Black voters would be OK with Biden giving $50B to cops, but funding IRA?
Do you think that you could convince immigrants that Trump is a good candidate for them, because yes, he gave $45 billion to ICE, but he also funded the IRA?🤡
Then why do we think Black voters would be OK with Biden giving $50B to cops, but funding IRA?
The problem with Democrats in the Biden era wasn’t the content of the domestic policies, it was the total failure to sell them and to understand, manage, and master the media environment, especially social media.
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Yes it was the content of domestic policies.
Do you think that you could convince immigrants that Trump is a good candidate for them, because yes, he gave $45 billion to ICE, but he also funded the IRA?🤡
Then why do we think Black voters would be OK with Biden giving $50B to cops, but funding IRA?
Do you think that you could convince immigrants that Trump is a good candidate for them, because yes, he gave $45 billion to ICE, but he also funded the IRA?🤡
Then why do we think Black voters would be OK with Biden giving $50B to cops, but funding IRA?
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I feel compelled to once again shout in the void that dynamically typed languages -- even strongly typed ones -- are extremely poopy and confusing to work with
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I feel compelled to once again shout in the void that dynamically typed languages -- even strongly typed ones -- are extremely poopy and confusing to work with
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"Nice parking spot!" I yelled to the Amazon Delivery Driver, who took it as a compliment, as I swung around his van in the bike lane and into traffic with my son on the back of my bike.
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Nice parking spot!" I yelled to the Amazon Delivery Driver, who took it as a compliment, as I swung around his van in the bike lane and into traffic with my son on the back of my bike.
Just started the new GuildWars 2 expansion. I really really miss the character Taimi, and so far I still do..... But at least Canach is here.
October 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just started the new GuildWars 2 expansion. I really really miss the character Taimi, and so far I still do..... But at least Canach is here.
I don't believe in Heaven or Hell, but gosh did I wish Hell existed when I read this.
In a wealthy neighborhood in Chicago, immigration agents hopped the fence of a US citizen’s home and tried to pull a construction worker out a 2nd-story window. Homeowner came home to blood all over his house. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
'Jarring, frightening attack': Chicago homeowner describes immigration raid at his home
MSNBC exclusively obtained security footage of federal agents targeting construction workers at a home in the wealthy Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. Leo Feler, who owns the property, joined The Wee...
www.msnbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I don't believe in Heaven or Hell, but gosh did I wish Hell existed when I read this.