James Munns
@jamesmunns.com
Notable Protocol Enjoyer.
Doing stuff, mostly in Rust and on Embedded systems. Need help with that? Hire me @onevariable.com
Co-host @sdr-podcast.com
DMs (matrix): @jamesmunns:beeper.com
DMs (signal): jamesmunns.255
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Kein Ort für Nazis
Doing stuff, mostly in Rust and on Embedded systems. Need help with that? Hire me @onevariable.com
Co-host @sdr-podcast.com
DMs (matrix): @jamesmunns:beeper.com
DMs (signal): jamesmunns.255
he/him
Kein Ort für Nazis
The Landwehrkanal, an offshoot canal of the Spree here in Berlin. Currently frozen over :)
January 12, 2026 at 9:17 PM
The Landwehrkanal, an offshoot canal of the Spree here in Berlin. Currently frozen over :)
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Abolish ICE
January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Abolish ICE
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Finally updated to macOS 26.2 almost entirely just to get dictation services. I had to change my system local from being in Germany to being in the US just so it would get the locale of en-US right instead of en-DE but it actually works pretty well!
I'm excited to mess around with it!
I'm excited to mess around with it!
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Finally updated to macOS 26.2 almost entirely just to get dictation services. I had to change my system local from being in Germany to being in the US just so it would get the locale of en-US right instead of en-DE but it actually works pretty well!
I'm excited to mess around with it!
I'm excited to mess around with it!
TIL: CAT7 cable has thicker conductors, which means the (cat5?/cat6?) 8p8c connectors I have won't work. Also, I managed to forget my PoE injector at home, so the wifi AP I brought also won't work.
It's a real comedy of errors here (I got my modem, router delivered and online though! Progress!)
It's a real comedy of errors here (I got my modem, router delivered and online though! Progress!)
After 3 months of waiting, we finally had fiber internet installed to the @onevariable.com office.
Despite all that time though, I procrastinated and didn't order a modem and a router until today, so hopefully tomorrow we'll actually have internet more reliable than our lebara discount hotspot lol
Despite all that time though, I procrastinated and didn't order a modem and a router until today, so hopefully tomorrow we'll actually have internet more reliable than our lebara discount hotspot lol
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
TIL: CAT7 cable has thicker conductors, which means the (cat5?/cat6?) 8p8c connectors I have won't work. Also, I managed to forget my PoE injector at home, so the wifi AP I brought also won't work.
It's a real comedy of errors here (I got my modem, router delivered and online though! Progress!)
It's a real comedy of errors here (I got my modem, router delivered and online though! Progress!)
After 3 months of waiting, we finally had fiber internet installed to the @onevariable.com office.
Despite all that time though, I procrastinated and didn't order a modem and a router until today, so hopefully tomorrow we'll actually have internet more reliable than our lebara discount hotspot lol
Despite all that time though, I procrastinated and didn't order a modem and a router until today, so hopefully tomorrow we'll actually have internet more reliable than our lebara discount hotspot lol
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
After 3 months of waiting, we finally had fiber internet installed to the @onevariable.com office.
Despite all that time though, I procrastinated and didn't order a modem and a router until today, so hopefully tomorrow we'll actually have internet more reliable than our lebara discount hotspot lol
Despite all that time though, I procrastinated and didn't order a modem and a router until today, so hopefully tomorrow we'll actually have internet more reliable than our lebara discount hotspot lol
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inside of you are two wolves but one wolf is very sad and one wolf is very tired
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
inside of you are two wolves but one wolf is very sad and one wolf is very tired
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"you all should've been nicer to my trans homies" is the kind of energy I want to be channeling in 2026.
no, absolutely not, you all should've been nicer to my trans homies
January 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"you all should've been nicer to my trans homies" is the kind of energy I want to be channeling in 2026.
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oh i had this realization once
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
oh i had this realization once
The New Rust Office Suite:
@typst.app for documents
@ironcalc.com for spreadsheets
@typst.app (again) for slideshows
(who uses anything other than those three anyway)
@typst.app for documents
@ironcalc.com for spreadsheets
@typst.app (again) for slideshows
(who uses anything other than those three anyway)
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The New Rust Office Suite:
@typst.app for documents
@ironcalc.com for spreadsheets
@typst.app (again) for slideshows
(who uses anything other than those three anyway)
@typst.app for documents
@ironcalc.com for spreadsheets
@typst.app (again) for slideshows
(who uses anything other than those three anyway)
I guess Hetzner bills monthly, and I set up this server ~8 hours before midnight.
This led to me getting an itemized invoice for ~8 hours of usage, or 0.19 euro. Hilarious bill to pay.
This led to me getting an itemized invoice for ~8 hours of usage, or 0.19 euro. Hilarious bill to pay.
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 AM
I guess Hetzner bills monthly, and I set up this server ~8 hours before midnight.
This led to me getting an itemized invoice for ~8 hours of usage, or 0.19 euro. Hilarious bill to pay.
This led to me getting an itemized invoice for ~8 hours of usage, or 0.19 euro. Hilarious bill to pay.
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This year, for my mental health, I'm going to practice just letting people be wrong on the internet.
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
This year, for my mental health, I'm going to practice just letting people be wrong on the internet.
Ephi has done most of my tattoos, a couple of OSS logos, and is an amazing artist.
You should book her for anything you can!
You should book her for anything you can!
(tattoo) BOOKS OPEN! :)
(Please take the time to read the slides! Thank u!! ^^)
(Please take the time to read the slides! Thank u!! ^^)
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Ephi has done most of my tattoos, a couple of OSS logos, and is an amazing artist.
You should book her for anything you can!
You should book her for anything you can!
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my dream is that my code becomes so baroque and divorced from industry practices that it is considered an act of outsider art
January 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
my dream is that my code becomes so baroque and divorced from industry practices that it is considered an act of outsider art
@oxide.computer announces their new desktop sized "mini fridge" rack
2026 will be the Year of Linux on the Desktop
January 3, 2026 at 1:54 AM
@oxide.computer announces their new desktop sized "mini fridge" rack
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A strange moment, but - I just released 3.0.0.
fjall-rs.github.io/post/fjall-3/
What has started as a rewrite of the block format has become almost a full rewrite, interrupted by a bachelor's thesis, faulty hardware and a couple of weeks of sickness - but I think the end product is pretty good.
fjall-rs.github.io/post/fjall-3/
What has started as a rewrite of the block format has become almost a full rewrite, interrupted by a bachelor's thesis, faulty hardware and a couple of weeks of sickness - but I think the end product is pretty good.
Releasing Fjall 3.0
A year in the making
fjall-rs.github.io
January 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A strange moment, but - I just released 3.0.0.
fjall-rs.github.io/post/fjall-3/
What has started as a rewrite of the block format has become almost a full rewrite, interrupted by a bachelor's thesis, faulty hardware and a couple of weeks of sickness - but I think the end product is pretty good.
fjall-rs.github.io/post/fjall-3/
What has started as a rewrite of the block format has become almost a full rewrite, interrupted by a bachelor's thesis, faulty hardware and a couple of weeks of sickness - but I think the end product is pretty good.
Software developers (myself included!) were collectively fools for not unionizing when we were at peak bargaining power.
It's a very bad outcome! the "creator economy" is very bad and has bad incentives. not to say Paul is wrong, but
It’s also possible that software production could become another content format, akin to video or podcasts. That would make the monetization models similar to other creators. This isn’t a bad outcome. Software development as small business needs revitalization.
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Software developers (myself included!) were collectively fools for not unionizing when we were at peak bargaining power.
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this software brought to you by today's sponsor NordVPN
January 1, 2026 at 5:52 AM
this software brought to you by today's sponsor NordVPN
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Nice! Device-driver will now actually check the names of things.
It didn't before and just passed it on to the generated code. If you knew what was going on, you'd know how to fix the errors. But if not, they were very confusing.
So now d-d has actual rules!
It didn't before and just passed it on to the generated code. If you knew what was going on, you'd know how to fix the errors. But if not, they were very confusing.
So now d-d has actual rules!
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Nice! Device-driver will now actually check the names of things.
It didn't before and just passed it on to the generated code. If you knew what was going on, you'd know how to fix the errors. But if not, they were very confusing.
So now d-d has actual rules!
It didn't before and just passed it on to the generated code. If you knew what was going on, you'd know how to fix the errors. But if not, they were very confusing.
So now d-d has actual rules!
Happy new years from me and my strangely copper house
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Happy new years from me and my strangely copper house
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come hear me rant about the hundred things I've been up to in 2025 — I'll be in chat → www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rj0...
2025 Recap: so many projects
YouTube video by fasterthanlime
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
come hear me rant about the hundred things I've been up to in 2025 — I'll be in chat → www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rj0...
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
Did you know, instead of figuring out firewall rules to expose your home server, you can just rent an 8C arm64 server w/ 16G of RAM from hetzner for like €0.50 a day to host your private Minecraft server?
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Did you know, instead of figuring out firewall rules to expose your home server, you can just rent an 8C arm64 server w/ 16G of RAM from hetzner for like €0.50 a day to host your private Minecraft server?