Nicholas Yang
@nicholasyang.bsky.social
Programmer, obsessive cook, film nerd
I don’t get people who are afraid of cats. Like ma’am, the thing you’re afraid of weighs 7 pounds and is named bubbles
November 25, 2024 at 12:22 AM
I don’t get people who are afraid of cats. Like ma’am, the thing you’re afraid of weighs 7 pounds and is named bubbles
It's a weird mixture of validation and frustration when you discover that your bug is a longstanding still open GitHub issue
November 23, 2024 at 5:38 AM
It's a weird mixture of validation and frustration when you discover that your bug is a longstanding still open GitHub issue
11/22/63 but Jake's Asian and constantly craving kimchi
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
11/22/63 but Jake's Asian and constantly craving kimchi
My biggest issue with Shrinking is that Jason Segel's character was married to an Asian woman for 20 years and yet he still wears his shoes in the house???
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
My biggest issue with Shrinking is that Jason Segel's character was married to an Asian woman for 20 years and yet he still wears his shoes in the house???
This is the most Scorsese-esque conversation to not be in a Scorsese movie
Watch pierce wade | Streamable
Watch "pierce wade" on Streamable.
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November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
This is the most Scorsese-esque conversation to not be in a Scorsese movie
Got to see this at Film Forum with a director Q&A! Great city-movie with well developed characters and music
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT - Official US Trailer
YouTube video by Janus Films
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November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Got to see this at Film Forum with a director Q&A! Great city-movie with well developed characters and music
I'm still salty that ReasonML never took off. It was such a great combination. Good syntax, excellent type inference, integrated into JS tooling. It could have eaten such a large share of the TypeScript/Rust market
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I'm still salty that ReasonML never took off. It was such a great combination. Good syntax, excellent type inference, integrated into JS tooling. It could have eaten such a large share of the TypeScript/Rust market
So…we’re in agreement that each season of Shrinking is Jason Segel losing another person until he’s finally alone?
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
So…we’re in agreement that each season of Shrinking is Jason Segel losing another person until he’s finally alone?
Gitoxide is such a gift of a codebase. A Rust implementation of git with clear comments, careful organization, and performant code.
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Gitoxide is such a gift of a codebase. A Rust implementation of git with clear comments, careful organization, and performant code.
Reposted by Nicholas Yang
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November 6, 2024 at 7:06 PM
views and opinions expressed by my employer do not express my views and opinions
My hot PL take is that prefix operators are almost always a bad idea. !foo.is_empty() is awkward to read because you have to read left to right then read the ! Similarly *foo.bar
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
My hot PL take is that prefix operators are almost always a bad idea. !foo.is_empty() is awkward to read because you have to read left to right then read the ! Similarly *foo.bar
Every programmer should know a binary search. Not to write in your code. But to debug/bisect code
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Every programmer should know a binary search. Not to write in your code. But to debug/bisect code
I just rewatched Contempt and did anyone notice that the two big arguments in the apartment and at Capri happen while they’re waiting to eat? Maybe they’re just hangry???
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I just rewatched Contempt and did anyone notice that the two big arguments in the apartment and at Capri happen while they’re waiting to eat? Maybe they’re just hangry???
I have a conspiracy theory that Wes Anderson is secretly a passionate, but failed graphic designer who ended up having to go into film and to satisfy that inner urge, creates movies that are really just animated graphic design portfolios
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I have a conspiracy theory that Wes Anderson is secretly a passionate, but failed graphic designer who ended up having to go into film and to satisfy that inner urge, creates movies that are really just animated graphic design portfolios
I wonder if Wes Anderson ever gets bored making the same movie again and again
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I wonder if Wes Anderson ever gets bored making the same movie again and again
Made a little utility for grouping crates in a cargo workspace https://github.com/NicholasLYang/cargo-groups
GitHub - NicholasLYang/cargo-groups: Create groups of crates in a cargo workspace
Create groups of crates in a cargo workspace. Contribute to NicholasLYang/cargo-groups development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Made a little utility for grouping crates in a cargo workspace https://github.com/NicholasLYang/cargo-groups