Cu nesci arrinesci Old Sicilian Proverb A rough translation could be: "Those who leave their own comfort zone succeed."  A few weeks ago, I found myself working on something and my instinctive usage of vim…

As I go for walks to think about solutions to various challenges at work, I let my mind wander. A few thoughts from the past few weeks of walks: 1. For SSH, always use a…

As 2022 winds to a close, I'm reflecting back on a year of purposefully choosing open computing hardware. Previously.  I purposely chose a RockPro64, Pinebook Pro, and Purism over alternatives. All allow me to run…

Thanks MUNI ! In my unscientific experience, traveling on public transit in most cities is far faster than cars. I'm happy to see others thinking the same, transit twitter besties. (The original story at SF…

The past few months have found me relearning functional programming, and by reference, OCaml. Coming from a legacy of imperative, von Neumann-style coding, functional programming is a challenge to learn and adopt. Except, not really.