soweli Neko
@nekotachi.bsky.social
she/her(/they/it)
rust contributor
enjoyer of tcgs
native english speaker, conversational toki pona, very basic japanese
anarchist
#oponaemi
rust contributor
enjoyer of tcgs
native english speaker, conversational toki pona, very basic japanese
anarchist
#oponaemi
i need more podcasts by cool unserious trans people
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
i need more podcasts by cool unserious trans people
apperently we've reached the point on the cycle where everyone is just reinventing smalltalk
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
apperently we've reached the point on the cycle where everyone is just reinventing smalltalk
current state of LLMs are like if someone claimed to be able to see the future because they were doing meteorology
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
current state of LLMs are like if someone claimed to be able to see the future because they were doing meteorology
LLMs really will brag about the most basic shit as if it was revolutionary, wow.
"8KB I/O buffer to reduce syscalls!"
this is not a feature this is a basic implementation detail.
"8KB I/O buffer to reduce syscalls!"
this is not a feature this is a basic implementation detail.
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
LLMs really will brag about the most basic shit as if it was revolutionary, wow.
"8KB I/O buffer to reduce syscalls!"
this is not a feature this is a basic implementation detail.
"8KB I/O buffer to reduce syscalls!"
this is not a feature this is a basic implementation detail.
implementing the game Go in Rust seems a lot easier than implementing the game Rust in Go
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
implementing the game Go in Rust seems a lot easier than implementing the game Rust in Go
Reposted by soweli Neko
I did a carpentry pre-apprenticeship when I was younger, and one of the older instructors described basically the exact same process happening as nailguns and circular saws became commonplace: they were excited for how much labour it would save, but they just ended up making more houses for less pay
"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I did a carpentry pre-apprenticeship when I was younger, and one of the older instructors described basically the exact same process happening as nailguns and circular saws became commonplace: they were excited for how much labour it would save, but they just ended up making more houses for less pay
I want to do backend but I don't want to do databases... hmm...
I mean I wouldn't mind doing database stuff if it wasn't for the fact they all seem to suck massively and all the serialization in mostly done manually..
I mean I wouldn't mind doing database stuff if it wasn't for the fact they all seem to suck massively and all the serialization in mostly done manually..
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I want to do backend but I don't want to do databases... hmm...
I mean I wouldn't mind doing database stuff if it wasn't for the fact they all seem to suck massively and all the serialization in mostly done manually..
I mean I wouldn't mind doing database stuff if it wasn't for the fact they all seem to suck massively and all the serialization in mostly done manually..
money can be exchanged for goods and services and also for things that aren't real
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
money can be exchanged for goods and services and also for things that aren't real
it seems like >90% of game stores that let you browse mtg singles online use either tcgplayer or Crystal Commerce.
I'm not suprised that tcgplayer is so dominant, but I really expected the rest to use a bunch of different hacked together stuff.
I did not expect a duopoly.
I'm not suprised that tcgplayer is so dominant, but I really expected the rest to use a bunch of different hacked together stuff.
I did not expect a duopoly.
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
it seems like >90% of game stores that let you browse mtg singles online use either tcgplayer or Crystal Commerce.
I'm not suprised that tcgplayer is so dominant, but I really expected the rest to use a bunch of different hacked together stuff.
I did not expect a duopoly.
I'm not suprised that tcgplayer is so dominant, but I really expected the rest to use a bunch of different hacked together stuff.
I did not expect a duopoly.
mischievous reminder that http headers are case-insensitive
www-AuthentiCATe
www-AuthentiCATe
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
mischievous reminder that http headers are case-insensitive
www-AuthentiCATe
www-AuthentiCATe
ok wow node really has a bitrot problem.
even with npx, this 15 line script won't run because of a module import.
sure, it's 6 years old, but it's *fifteen lines*!
even with npx, this 15 line script won't run because of a module import.
sure, it's 6 years old, but it's *fifteen lines*!
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
ok wow node really has a bitrot problem.
even with npx, this 15 line script won't run because of a module import.
sure, it's 6 years old, but it's *fifteen lines*!
even with npx, this 15 line script won't run because of a module import.
sure, it's 6 years old, but it's *fifteen lines*!
small domino: the design choices of html5
large domino: type "Html" does not implement "Try"
large domino: type "Html" does not implement "Try"
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
small domino: the design choices of html5
large domino: type "Html" does not implement "Try"
large domino: type "Html" does not implement "Try"
new level of HTTP abuse: returning 410 Gone when you see the Curl user agent.
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
new level of HTTP abuse: returning 410 Gone when you see the Curl user agent.
profile-guided optimization but for figuring out how much space to pre-allocate in each array/string
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
profile-guided optimization but for figuring out how much space to pre-allocate in each array/string
I wonder if there are any Rust libraries for building JSON http requests via string interpolation instead of building an intermediate AST or struct deriving Deserialize.
it's a kinda niche usecase, but theoretically it should be more efficient, especially if it's an API with several constant args
it's a kinda niche usecase, but theoretically it should be more efficient, especially if it's an API with several constant args
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I wonder if there are any Rust libraries for building JSON http requests via string interpolation instead of building an intermediate AST or struct deriving Deserialize.
it's a kinda niche usecase, but theoretically it should be more efficient, especially if it's an API with several constant args
it's a kinda niche usecase, but theoretically it should be more efficient, especially if it's an API with several constant args
if you're going to make a mobile game with 50 different daily check in bonuses, maybe try to make the menus reasonably responsive so it doesn't take forever to claim everything?
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
if you're going to make a mobile game with 50 different daily check in bonuses, maybe try to make the menus reasonably responsive so it doesn't take forever to claim everything?
word/sentence count requirements in a professional context are silly.
sometimes things are complicated, and sometimes they are simple.
the idea that everything is of equal complexity is not based in reality.
sometimes things are complicated, and sometimes they are simple.
the idea that everything is of equal complexity is not based in reality.
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
word/sentence count requirements in a professional context are silly.
sometimes things are complicated, and sometimes they are simple.
the idea that everything is of equal complexity is not based in reality.
sometimes things are complicated, and sometimes they are simple.
the idea that everything is of equal complexity is not based in reality.
I hope the "Relink, don't Rebuild" initiative stops a bunch of the complaints about Rust compile time.
because i have a feeling that a lot of the people complaining about compile time are using a large workspace where a big problem is changing a crate recompiles everything that depends on it
because i have a feeling that a lot of the people complaining about compile time are using a large workspace where a big problem is changing a crate recompiles everything that depends on it
November 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I hope the "Relink, don't Rebuild" initiative stops a bunch of the complaints about Rust compile time.
because i have a feeling that a lot of the people complaining about compile time are using a large workspace where a big problem is changing a crate recompiles everything that depends on it
because i have a feeling that a lot of the people complaining about compile time are using a large workspace where a big problem is changing a crate recompiles everything that depends on it
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MX records? DNS is woke?
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
MX records? DNS is woke?
stop just killing ui design conventions and replacing them with nothing because you think that venerable and proven methods don't look "modern".
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
stop just killing ui design conventions and replacing them with nothing because you think that venerable and proven methods don't look "modern".
"oh i'll use async http to increase parallelism and make this go faster"
*ratelimit is extremely slow*
"i suddenly have the feeling that it won't actually matter"
*ratelimit is extremely slow*
"i suddenly have the feeling that it won't actually matter"
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"oh i'll use async http to increase parallelism and make this go faster"
*ratelimit is extremely slow*
"i suddenly have the feeling that it won't actually matter"
*ratelimit is extremely slow*
"i suddenly have the feeling that it won't actually matter"
The OS should be able to request garbage collection and cache expiry from processes when it is low on memory.
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The OS should be able to request garbage collection and cache expiry from processes when it is low on memory.
game developers make a single game without a completely busted menu storage glitch challenge, difficulty: impossible
i just collected yesterday's daily quest today in a game, and now it says the same slot for today is completed, but the progress bar is empty
wut
i just collected yesterday's daily quest today in a game, and now it says the same slot for today is completed, but the progress bar is empty
wut
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
game developers make a single game without a completely busted menu storage glitch challenge, difficulty: impossible
i just collected yesterday's daily quest today in a game, and now it says the same slot for today is completed, but the progress bar is empty
wut
i just collected yesterday's daily quest today in a game, and now it says the same slot for today is completed, but the progress bar is empty
wut
really funny but also dumb that android makes every textbox support rich text by default even if it is nonsensical.
"ah yes you pasted a snippet from wikipedia into your IRC client. better preserve these italics!"
"ah yes you pasted a snippet from wikipedia into your IRC client. better preserve these italics!"
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
really funny but also dumb that android makes every textbox support rich text by default even if it is nonsensical.
"ah yes you pasted a snippet from wikipedia into your IRC client. better preserve these italics!"
"ah yes you pasted a snippet from wikipedia into your IRC client. better preserve these italics!"