Neil Henderson
@neilhendersonau.bsky.social
Software developer (mostly C++) in Brisbane, Australia
Someone already did:
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August 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Someone already did:
www.reddit.com/r/cpp/commen...
www.reddit.com/r/cpp/commen...
Maybe they were just trying to recommend www.npmjs.com/package/boo
boo
Core prototypical primitives for Object Orientation/Composition.. Latest version: 2.0.0, last published: 12 years ago. Start using boo in your project by running `npm i boo`. There are 26 other projec...
www.npmjs.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Maybe they were just trying to recommend www.npmjs.com/package/boo
Every time they turn on their laptops I hope they say “thanks dad”.
April 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Every time they turn on their laptops I hope they say “thanks dad”.
@matt.godbolt.org We haven’t met but I’d like to invite you into an exclusive Boo’d-by-Hana support group. At C++Now last year she boo’d me when I said I quite like Rust. 😂 (Highlight of the conference for me!)
April 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
@matt.godbolt.org We haven’t met but I’d like to invite you into an exclusive Boo’d-by-Hana support group. At C++Now last year she boo’d me when I said I quite like Rust. 😂 (Highlight of the conference for me!)
Reposted by Neil Henderson
regos live with a fresh new website rustforgeconf.com
Rust Forge Conference | Wellington, New Zealand | August 2025
rustforgeconf.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
regos live with a fresh new website rustforgeconf.com
Blue Sky should find a way to survey their users to see if the majority wants that feature.
February 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Blue Sky should find a way to survey their users to see if the majority wants that feature.
Reposted by Neil Henderson
For real folks, MacGyver is awesome. He doesn’t like guns, he cares about the environment and world peace, treats women with respect, loves animals and can fix anything with duct tape, a pocket knife and science.
February 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
For real folks, MacGyver is awesome. He doesn’t like guns, he cares about the environment and world peace, treats women with respect, loves animals and can fix anything with duct tape, a pocket knife and science.
I like picturing floating point as a continuous number line with various non-uniform steps/stops showing which of the real numbers can actually be represented, whereby any real number in between 2 stops has to 'jump' to one nearby, as if the steps are magnets.
Do 'step', 'stop', 'magnet' work?
Do 'step', 'stop', 'magnet' work?
January 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I like picturing floating point as a continuous number line with various non-uniform steps/stops showing which of the real numbers can actually be represented, whereby any real number in between 2 stops has to 'jump' to one nearby, as if the steps are magnets.
Do 'step', 'stop', 'magnet' work?
Do 'step', 'stop', 'magnet' work?
"Really discrete numbers"
January 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"Really discrete numbers"
Hope you found the purr-fect deal...
December 4, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Hope you found the purr-fect deal...
Super keen for this!
December 4, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Super keen for this!
Reposted by Neil Henderson
Australia and New Zealand deserve a #rustlang conference! Luckily, dates and venue for Rust Forge 2025 have just been confirmed!
🗓️ 27-30th August 2025
🌏 Shed 6, Wellington, New Zealand
Add your email address to get notified when registrations open rustforgeconf.com
🗓️ 27-30th August 2025
🌏 Shed 6, Wellington, New Zealand
Add your email address to get notified when registrations open rustforgeconf.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Australia and New Zealand deserve a #rustlang conference! Luckily, dates and venue for Rust Forge 2025 have just been confirmed!
🗓️ 27-30th August 2025
🌏 Shed 6, Wellington, New Zealand
Add your email address to get notified when registrations open rustforgeconf.com
🗓️ 27-30th August 2025
🌏 Shed 6, Wellington, New Zealand
Add your email address to get notified when registrations open rustforgeconf.com
It's the pressing issue of our times, a shortcut to future success, and I'd expect nothing less from a keynote speaker...
December 3, 2024 at 1:29 AM
It's the pressing issue of our times, a shortcut to future success, and I'd expect nothing less from a keynote speaker...
Reposted by Neil Henderson
I know I’ve said this before, but I keep two on my bookshelf, so that whenever I lend it to someone, they can finish it twice as fast.
This book (The Mythical Man Month) is an example of why books can be so important and influential even decades later.
Written in 1975, in a very different time, about software engineering: some parts are still relevant today.
The parts that don’t change that much.
Written in 1975, in a very different time, about software engineering: some parts are still relevant today.
The parts that don’t change that much.
December 1, 2024 at 10:31 PM
I know I’ve said this before, but I keep two on my bookshelf, so that whenever I lend it to someone, they can finish it twice as fast.
How to pass the think-cell recruitment test? 😆
November 29, 2024 at 7:24 AM
How to pass the think-cell recruitment test? 😆
Have you looked at llvm.org/docs/LibFuzz... ?
Apparently by the original authors who eventually moved on to FuzzTest.
Apparently by the original authors who eventually moved on to FuzzTest.
libFuzzer – a library for coverage-guided fuzz testing. — LLVM 20.0.0git documentation
llvm.org
November 29, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Have you looked at llvm.org/docs/LibFuzz... ?
Apparently by the original authors who eventually moved on to FuzzTest.
Apparently by the original authors who eventually moved on to FuzzTest.
Clearly the integration feature didn't make the cut
November 29, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Clearly the integration feature didn't make the cut
Now I just need to figure out how to combine the cardio & strength training, while not completely disappearing from my wife & kids!
5am gym time may be the next step... 🫣
5am gym time may be the next step... 🫣
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Now I just need to figure out how to combine the cardio & strength training, while not completely disappearing from my wife & kids!
5am gym time may be the next step... 🫣
5am gym time may be the next step... 🫣
So I switched to doing lots of cardio-style cycling/running and within a couple of weeks it cleared all the pain away. My back feels great from doing the cycling/running, but I don't get the same endorphin hit that I get from the strength training... (contd)
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 AM
So I switched to doing lots of cardio-style cycling/running and within a couple of weeks it cleared all the pain away. My back feels great from doing the cycling/running, but I don't get the same endorphin hit that I get from the strength training... (contd)
So I joined a gym and focused on strength training with a push/pull/legs split. Even though I was noticeably stronger and also getting the huge endorphin buzz (see also: Arnie on 'the pump'), the back pain didn't completely go away ... (contd)
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 AM
So I joined a gym and focused on strength training with a push/pull/legs split. Even though I was noticeably stronger and also getting the huge endorphin buzz (see also: Arnie on 'the pump'), the back pain didn't completely go away ... (contd)
In my 20s & 30s, despite sitting at a computer for ~40 hrs/week, I played lots of team sports and didn't have any pain problems from a sedentary work life.
Now in my 40s, about 1 year after giving up the sport (also, being older), I started getting intense back pain from lack of movement... (contd)
Now in my 40s, about 1 year after giving up the sport (also, being older), I started getting intense back pain from lack of movement... (contd)
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 AM
In my 20s & 30s, despite sitting at a computer for ~40 hrs/week, I played lots of team sports and didn't have any pain problems from a sedentary work life.
Now in my 40s, about 1 year after giving up the sport (also, being older), I started getting intense back pain from lack of movement... (contd)
Now in my 40s, about 1 year after giving up the sport (also, being older), I started getting intense back pain from lack of movement... (contd)
A huge amount of great practical advice from @gregcons.bsky.social in her talk 'The Aging Programmer'.
The bit on exercise and pain resonated with me... (contd)
youtu.be/LArOT95LTJU?...
The bit on exercise and pain resonated with me... (contd)
youtu.be/LArOT95LTJU?...
Keynote: The Aging Programmer - Kate Gregory
YouTube video by CppNorth
youtu.be
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 AM
A huge amount of great practical advice from @gregcons.bsky.social in her talk 'The Aging Programmer'.
The bit on exercise and pain resonated with me... (contd)
youtu.be/LArOT95LTJU?...
The bit on exercise and pain resonated with me... (contd)
youtu.be/LArOT95LTJU?...
They must require a lot of heat and pressure to make their coffees
November 26, 2024 at 11:22 PM
They must require a lot of heat and pressure to make their coffees
Well, this seems nice.
November 18, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Well, this seems nice.