Adam Chalmers
@adamchalmers.com
Texan (prev Australian). Father (prev gamer). Pynchon fan (prev illiterate).
Building a new programming language for CAD at zoo.dev. Built a lot of Cloudflare Tunnel. I run austinsystems.org and love reading sci-fi and history.
Building a new programming language for CAD at zoo.dev. Built a lot of Cloudflare Tunnel. I run austinsystems.org and love reading sci-fi and history.
You know I keep that thang on me
January 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
You know I keep that thang on me
Zoo CLI got a nice upgrade today. You can now set the view angle when you render a model. Try out --angle four-ways for a nice top, side, front and isometric view. Like in this CPU cooler model:
github.com/KittyCAD/cli
github.com/KittyCAD/cli
January 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Zoo CLI got a nice upgrade today. You can now set the view angle when you render a model. Try out --angle four-ways for a nice top, side, front and isometric view. Like in this CPU cooler model:
github.com/KittyCAD/cli
github.com/KittyCAD/cli
I've never cooked steak before. My goal for January was to cook a perfect ribeye. Pleased to say I nailed it on the first try.
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I've never cooked steak before. My goal for January was to cook a perfect ribeye. Pleased to say I nailed it on the first try.
Best part of being back at work? Back to my work from home lunches.
January 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Best part of being back at work? Back to my work from home lunches.
the big gap in my reading history was when I spent 3 months just reading a thousand page book on imperial China
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
the big gap in my reading history was when I spent 3 months just reading a thousand page book on imperial China
TIL: Rustdoc supports putting custom logos in the page favicon, and in the rendered HTML. E..g see the Ratatui logo on docs.rs/ratatui.
December 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
TIL: Rustdoc supports putting custom logos in the page favicon, and in the rendered HTML. E..g see the Ratatui logo on docs.rs/ratatui.
OK there's a very fun little app called Covers, covers.aesty.ai which lets you paste a link and generates a breathless sycophantic magazine cover from it.
December 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
OK there's a very fun little app called Covers, covers.aesty.ai which lets you paste a link and generates a breathless sycophantic magazine cover from it.
The whole movie is amazing from start to finish, but one of the most shocking visuals was honestly: the credits. This still from the credits is striking, and I am so impressed by every tiny little detail in the movie, even credits.
December 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The whole movie is amazing from start to finish, but one of the most shocking visuals was honestly: the credits. This still from the credits is striking, and I am so impressed by every tiny little detail in the movie, even credits.
Great turnout at Austin Systems! We did lightning talks and had some great demos, including a programmable laser projector and a TUI for burning mixtape CDs at a party (made in @ratatui.rs). Join us Jan 21 for the next one! austinsystems.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Great turnout at Austin Systems! We did lightning talks and had some great demos, including a programmable laser projector and a TUI for burning mixtape CDs at a party (made in @ratatui.rs). Join us Jan 21 for the next one! austinsystems.org
exciting things are happening with ezpz...
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
exciting things are happening with ezpz...
Yikes, I just found a nasty bug in SymPy. Spot the difference between these representations of the equation! github.com/sympy/sympy/...
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Yikes, I just found a nasty bug in SymPy. Spot the difference between these representations of the equation! github.com/sympy/sympy/...
Mother-in-law requested my miso gochujang salmon for Channukah
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Mother-in-law requested my miso gochujang salmon for Channukah
Oh hi everyone, Zoo does surface modeling now btw
December 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Oh hi everyone, Zoo does surface modeling now btw
He's literally perfect.
December 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
He's literally perfect.
They're doing this to me tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
They're doing this to me tomorrow
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.
New keyboard (Alice Duo)
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
New keyboard (Alice Duo)
Today Leo met another chow-chow mix, who looked almost identical.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Today Leo met another chow-chow mix, who looked almost identical.
OK I'm playing Factorio for the first time. Got a decent little smelting column going, and a nice lab row. Next task is to expand the assemblers for all the science pack components, and their intermediate components.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
OK I'm playing Factorio for the first time. Got a decent little smelting column going, and a nice lab row. Next task is to expand the assemblers for all the science pack components, and their intermediate components.
I make my wife coffee every day in this French press that belonged to her grandfather. Today I got some silver polish and gave it a good cleanup. It's so much nicer now.
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I make my wife coffee every day in this French press that belonged to her grandfather. Today I got some silver polish and gave it a good cleanup. It's so much nicer now.