Alex Zurek
zureka.substack.com
Alex Zurek
@zureka.substack.com
Software Engineer - Teaching computers how to make the mistakes I would normally make by hand.

I occasionally write blog posts over at https://zureka.substack.com/
That’s rough. I forgot about FileVault in this scenario preventing further recovery options.
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Did you also lose the hard drive? I imagine you would be able to salvage that even if the rest of the Mac Studio stopped working.
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Whenever I want to learn a new programming language, I always dive into some AoC puzzles rather than trying to build a random app. Forces me to learn file I/O, think about performance, etc. and it’s a lot of fun! I truly appreciate all of the work that has gone into this over the years!
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'm okay with it as an option, but it shouldn't be the default.
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Legends and Lattes” and “Bookshops and Bonedust” by @travisbaldree.bsky.social are great feel good books.
September 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I don’t envy OSS maintainers for the onslaught of AI PRs that are heading their way this year.
September 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Almost…

GDev #2 suggested the top result should be for whoever pays us the most

GDev #3 suggested the AI search result at the top

GDev #4 will suggest that the AI result will be influenced by whoever pays them the most
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Please also ask them to add the “remove smart shuffle” toggle for the desktop client. There’s a toggle for it on mobile and I would love to also remove that option on desktop.
September 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I guess it depends if you mainly write for others or for yourself. Both options are perfectly valid, and you can make that distinction for each post.
August 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
He would just keep eating a plain wing and claim that it was covered in hot sauce. So much sauce. The most hot sauce on any wing. And then use it as a distraction to prevent the release of the Epstein list.
August 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM