Programmer, writer, lapsed academic computer scientist. Formerly Cornell CIS & Harvard SEAS.https://bsky.app/profile/basus.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3mgqshhrm2k26Hey @anil.recoil.org do you have a writeup somewhere of how your website works? I visited it for the first time in a while and see some things I'd like to steal 😛11 Mar 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqshhrm2k26https://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3mbz26gdshk2vDear lazyweb, if I wanted to build a compiler back-end that targeted multiple architectures (x84-64, arm64, maybe WASM), is there a standard-ish intermediate representation I could take as input? Ideally something simpler than LLVM IR?09 Jan 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz26gdshk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3mbv2tlejgk26Can't shake the feeling that no one is in charge at Marvel. https://youtu.be/kH1XlwHQv9o?si=x95J8hf6mrNQd7UW08 Jan 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbv2tlejgk26https://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lquisnmxb22hThe more I look into containers and Nix (and related) the more I feel like Docker squandered a golden opportunity by making Dockerfiles be essentially shell scripts rather declarative specifications for reproducible builds.05 Jun 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquisnmxb22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lqribp47g22hStarting to do some sysadmin and server deployment work and really wishing there was a bastard love child of Docker, Nix and Alpine Linux. With a sane scripting language of course.04 Jun 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqribp47g22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lp7txl3myk2fWhat's the best way to generate a good looking PDF and a decent looking webpage from the same source? Looks like Typst just added an initial version of their HTML output, but maybe Latex is still the most mature and capable?15 May 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7txl3myk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lnl2kzfshs2dI should suck it up and learn to program properly in TypeScript. There's a growing list of software that I'd like to use and extend that uses TypeScript (Obsidian, Lume, Fedify), not to mention its utility for web programming.24 Apr 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnl2kzfshs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lnk3x76a6s2zI'm a sucker for a good color scheme, and Flexoki by Stephan Ango is a keeper. It's similar to Solarized but brighter and with more contrast. And yes, I am tempted to adapt it as a color scheme for my site. stephango.com/flexoki https://stephango.com/flexoki24 Apr 2025 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnk3x76a6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3ll53w3btik2pSome thoughts on re-asserting ownership in age where everything is rented: https://v4.basus.me/journal/2025/03/reasserting-ownership/24 Mar 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll53w3btik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lkqil77nos2sI wrote about my Steam Spring Sale haul, which made me think about the positive effects of getting things for yourself. https://v4.basus.me/journal/2025/03/steam-spring-sale-haul/19 Mar 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqil77nos2shttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lkmysgxses2zI found the Picotron, a retro-nostalgic computing experiment that is "a Fantasy Workstation: a self-contained creative environment built for imaginary hardware". https://v4.basus.me/stream/2025/03/002/18 Mar 2025 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkmysgxses2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lkizishtos2gFor today's Sunday Selection, I collected some things that have influenced my thinking on mastery over the last year. https://v4.basus.me/journal/2025/03/sunday-selection-2025-03-16/16 Mar 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkizishtos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lke5xxfnkk2wThis week I finally came around to the idea of using LLMs for programming, especially when it comes to building home-cooked software: https://v4.basus.me/journal/2024/09/homecooked-software/14 Mar 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lke5xxfnkk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lk77dybjxs2zAdded my first Bay Area restaurant to my to-go list on Google Maps today.12 Mar 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk77dybjxs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3ljxkilwzoc2mToday's Sunday Selection contains a smattering of homegrown websites and the first non-fiction book I've read this year. https://v4.basus.me/journal/2025/03/sunday-selection-2025-03-09/09 Mar 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxkilwzoc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3ljurtgarac27I moved my bookmarks from Pinboard to Raindrop and in the process realized that I have bookmarks going back all the way to 2016. Sadly, a lot of the oldest links are now dead. Memento mori, this too shall pass, all things are impermanent, etc. etc.08 Mar 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljurtgarac27https://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lhefloph522tI put together a little script to help me keep track of what work I've done during the day, and in the process got much more comfortable with shell scripting. https://v4.basus.me/journal/2025/02/wyd/04 Feb 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhefloph522thttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lhbuszmirs2zI’m totally gonna watch this, but like… why?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbuszmirs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lh7577xxts23I really want to go deep into a programming language and ecosystem, but every project I can think of involves a different one.02 Feb 2025 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7577xxts23https://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lh4ugpwiv22uCaught a stomach bug and now I have a craving for toast with Nutella.01 Feb 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4ugpwiv22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lh2awe3uxs2sEvery time I seriously think about building a static site generator, I realize that I really just want to write XML, but it’s a pain to write XML.31 Jan 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2awe3uxs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lgzqcozzus2sGuess I should work on that static site generator after all. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzqcozzus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lgl2vemj3s2bTIL (thanks to @craigmod.com) that Braun makes a line of very nice digital alarm clocks. They're not cheap, but not extortionate either. https://us.braun-clocks.com/collections/digital-clocks25 Jan 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgl2vemj3s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lgbias2pvs2wProgramming Rust in Emacs can be really pretty. Rust is still an ugly language though.21 Jan 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbias2pvs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lgawln4nfc23So it begins.21 Jan 2025 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgawln4nfc23https://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lfyjo3jl6s2dEvery time I think about straying from the Church of Emacs I come across a reason to stay. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jan 2025 05:00 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfyjo3jl6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/basus.me/post/3lfwzfo4ths2yI really hate the React-ified Github. Everything is much slower, and large pages are almost unusable in Safari.17 Jan 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwzfo4ths2y