I find it fun. And there's probably a blog post or two in there. But the TL;DR would be - I've always found reading / reviewing code fun. It's the same, but a bit different.
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I find it fun. And there's probably a blog post or two in there. But the TL;DR would be - I've always found reading / reviewing code fun. It's the same, but a bit different.
Claude also didn't like the way pg.zig's pool handled connections in a fail-state, so it wrote this:
github.com/karlseguin/p...
github.com/karlseguin/p...
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Claude also didn't like the way pg.zig's pool handled connections in a fail-state, so it wrote this:
github.com/karlseguin/p...
github.com/karlseguin/p...
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Everyone should try and use Google Jules just to see that there's clearly something wrong at Google.
October 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Everyone should try and use Google Jules just to see that there's clearly something wrong at Google.
Spam on Fastmail is getting a bit bad.
October 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Spam on Fastmail is getting a bit bad.
Let's pay some bills.
September 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Let's pay some bills.
Blogged: Is #zig's New Writer Unsafe?
www.openmymind.net/Is-Zigs-New-...
Please tell me I'm doing something stupid. #ziglang
www.openmymind.net/Is-Zigs-New-...
Please tell me I'm doing something stupid. #ziglang
Is Zig's New Writer Unsafe?
Karl Seguin's Blog - A mix of coding and creative writing
www.openmymind.net
September 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Blogged: Is #zig's New Writer Unsafe?
www.openmymind.net/Is-Zigs-New-...
Please tell me I'm doing something stupid. #ziglang
www.openmymind.net/Is-Zigs-New-...
Please tell me I'm doing something stupid. #ziglang
Not the #zig post I thought I was writing, but this is what came out:
Everything is a []u8
www.openmymind.net/Everything-I...
Everything is a []u8
www.openmymind.net/Everything-I...
September 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Not the #zig post I thought I was writing, but this is what came out:
Everything is a []u8
www.openmymind.net/Everything-I...
Everything is a []u8
www.openmymind.net/Everything-I...
dev: my zig code is slower than Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseFast?
dev: my zig code is less safe than Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseSafe?
dev: my #zig binary is larger than with Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseSmall?
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseFast?
dev: my zig code is less safe than Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseSafe?
dev: my #zig binary is larger than with Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseSmall?
August 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
dev: my zig code is slower than Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseFast?
dev: my zig code is less safe than Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseSafe?
dev: my #zig binary is larger than with Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseSmall?
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseFast?
dev: my zig code is less safe than Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseSafe?
dev: my #zig binary is larger than with Go.
zig dev: have you tried ReleaseSmall?
Blogged: I'm too dumb for Zig's new IO interface
www.openmymind.net/Im-Too-Dumb-...
www.openmymind.net/Im-Too-Dumb-...
August 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Blogged: I'm too dumb for Zig's new IO interface
www.openmymind.net/Im-Too-Dumb-...
www.openmymind.net/Im-Too-Dumb-...
In #zig new Reader IO, there's no `read` method. Given a reader, you can't just say "give me what data is available" - you know, the most fundamental building block of socket programming.
As far as I can tell is, you do:
var w: Writer = .fixed(buf);
const n = try r.stream(w, .limited(buf.len));
As far as I can tell is, you do:
var w: Writer = .fixed(buf);
const n = try r.stream(w, .limited(buf.len));
August 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In #zig new Reader IO, there's no `read` method. Given a reader, you can't just say "give me what data is available" - you know, the most fundamental building block of socket programming.
As far as I can tell is, you do:
var w: Writer = .fixed(buf);
const n = try r.stream(w, .limited(buf.len));
As far as I can tell is, you do:
var w: Writer = .fixed(buf);
const n = try r.stream(w, .limited(buf.len));
I use Gemini like a search engine where the link I click gives me a page with blinking text and animated gifs.
August 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I use Gemini like a search engine where the link I click gives me a page with blinking text and animated gifs.
Gonna say it: The changes to zig's std are pretty bad.
I've seen this before, where people/orgs are good are building languages / tooling, but not libraries/frameworks.
Think C#/CLR and then awfulness like ASP.NET and WPF.
#zig
I've seen this before, where people/orgs are good are building languages / tooling, but not libraries/frameworks.
Think C#/CLR and then awfulness like ASP.NET and WPF.
#zig
August 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Gonna say it: The changes to zig's std are pretty bad.
I've seen this before, where people/orgs are good are building languages / tooling, but not libraries/frameworks.
Think C#/CLR and then awfulness like ASP.NET and WPF.
#zig
I've seen this before, where people/orgs are good are building languages / tooling, but not libraries/frameworks.
Think C#/CLR and then awfulness like ASP.NET and WPF.
#zig
this std rewrite is fun.
August 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
this std rewrite is fun.
Friendly reminder to wipe out `.zig-cache/` every once in a while. Mine was at 96GB.
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Friendly reminder to wipe out `.zig-cache/` every once in a while. Mine was at 96GB.
I feel like zig's build system is specifically designed for the people who built zig's build system.
I somehow simultaneously have a build.zig file that I don't understand why it *isn't* working in Linux, while also not understanding how it *does* work on Mac.
I somehow simultaneously have a build.zig file that I don't understand why it *isn't* working in Linux, while also not understanding how it *does* work on Mac.
August 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I feel like zig's build system is specifically designed for the people who built zig's build system.
I somehow simultaneously have a build.zig file that I don't understand why it *isn't* working in Linux, while also not understanding how it *does* work on Mac.
I somehow simultaneously have a build.zig file that I don't understand why it *isn't* working in Linux, while also not understanding how it *does* work on Mac.
Ugh. Latest #zig changes are rough. No more std.json.stringify (multi-step now with get a JSON formatter first via std.json.fmt).
Using an ArrayList[Unamnaged](u8) as a StringBuilder is out. Use std.Io.Writer.Allocating (which, inconsistently? appears to be "managed")
Using an ArrayList[Unamnaged](u8) as a StringBuilder is out. Use std.Io.Writer.Allocating (which, inconsistently? appears to be "managed")
July 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Ugh. Latest #zig changes are rough. No more std.json.stringify (multi-step now with get a JSON formatter first via std.json.fmt).
Using an ArrayList[Unamnaged](u8) as a StringBuilder is out. Use std.Io.Writer.Allocating (which, inconsistently? appears to be "managed")
Using an ArrayList[Unamnaged](u8) as a StringBuilder is out. Use std.Io.Writer.Allocating (which, inconsistently? appears to be "managed")
July 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Blogged: Zig's new LinkedList API (it's time to learn @ fieldParentPtr)
www.openmymind.net/Zigs-New-Lin...
#zig #ziglang
www.openmymind.net/Zigs-New-Lin...
#zig #ziglang
April 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Blogged: Zig's new LinkedList API (it's time to learn @ fieldParentPtr)
www.openmymind.net/Zigs-New-Lin...
#zig #ziglang
www.openmymind.net/Zigs-New-Lin...
#zig #ziglang
90 days to get trade agreements done with other countries, including China.
April 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
90 days to get trade agreements done with other countries, including China.
I'm discovering that MacOS is more likely to run memory-incorrect/unsafe code (possibly run it incorrectly) than Linux, which is more likely to crash the process.
Investigating these crashes, I never come out saying "Linux is wrong", but rather "How TF did this work on Mac?".
cont ->
Investigating these crashes, I never come out saying "Linux is wrong", but rather "How TF did this work on Mac?".
cont ->
April 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I'm discovering that MacOS is more likely to run memory-incorrect/unsafe code (possibly run it incorrectly) than Linux, which is more likely to crash the process.
Investigating these crashes, I never come out saying "Linux is wrong", but rather "How TF did this work on Mac?".
cont ->
Investigating these crashes, I never come out saying "Linux is wrong", but rather "How TF did this work on Mac?".
cont ->