just wrote a thing for making sure the name of your new project is unique.

https://codeberg.org/binarycat/checkprojectname

Over the weekend, I wrote about some of the details of the culture at @oxidecomputer:

https://oxide.computer/blog/engineering-culture

Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I are going to talk about cultural idiosyncrasies, both at Oxide and elsewhere. Come for the hot takes on formal performance review -- stay for the hot takes on engineering metrics!

Join us, today, 5p Pacific:

https://discord.gg/GUcd6c8a?event=1224394765261475880

#DWebYVR coworking pics:

- mezzanine cowork next to the servers (& stained glass!)
- Andrew @aeisenberg shows off bike parking
- Tor stickers for you to grab
- wine, snacks, more! with Pretend Wine Bar

Tech Social starts at 5pm https://lu.ma/techsocial-mar2024

Thanks @internetarchive

Also: I'm co-organizing a #VancouverHackDay on Sunday, April 7th -- Bluesky ATProtocol hacking w/ @weswalla, decentralized compute @everywherecomputer with me, & local first software with @daffl https://lu.ma/jh8fnap8

I've got a desk in #Gastown again as of April 1st: I'm looking forward to doing more things like this.

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We're hitting the last #DWebYVR Tech Social of Q1 this week.

Join us this Thursday, March 28th (tomorrow!). Either drop in at 2pm for coworking, or come by the social starting at 5pm.

Tech topic friendly, meet new people, find out about new projects & events.

Sign up to join us tomorrow https://lu.ma/techsocial-mar2024

And thanks to Toki from @vancouver.dev for curating us into the Luma #Vancouver featured events page https://lu.ma/vancouver (congrats on becoming a city lead!)

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@toxi @fission we’re working on a Wasm-based function directory so this is very inspiring.

I'm sure I am not the first to have remarked on this, but I'm finding that coding with copilot really rewards a good coding style in general. Like it has a much easier time filling in details thoroughly and correctly if I write a module "the most obvious way", and stick to non-clever, obvious 1-task functions with clear names, and equip each with a thorough comment explaining what it's doing and why. Which is the kind of work my better-self _wants_ to be doing all the time. The thing is just nudging me fairly hard to listen to that better self, because if I get too clever, terse or opaque in my work it'll stop helping.

Hey #rust #rustlang bubble - I am giving up maintainership of the "config" crate: https://github.com/mehcode/config-rs/issues/549

If someone wants to take over, now's your time.

#maintainer #github #repository :boost_ok: 🦀 :rust: :rustcrab:

Please boost to your rustlang bubbles.

ParadeDB, https://www.paradedb.com/.

It’s a modern ElasticSearch alternative built on Postgres and Tantivy, in Rust.

#database #ParadeDB #elasticsearch #tantivy #search #analytics

Are you using IPLD in a cool way? Or do you know a project that is? If so, please tell me about it! It doesn't have to be fancy computer science magic — I'm interested in "plumbing that gets the job done."

For those who don't know IPLD: https://ipld.io/.

On the bootstrap chain of thought:

Has anyone tried to write a Rust compiler in Forth? It sounds painful but probably possible

:rust: I wrote a short blog post about how crates.io handles crate downloads and how that is about to change:

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/03/11/crates-io-download-changes.html

tl;dr downloads should be faster and more reliable soon! 🎉

#rustlang

@lily yep. The code forge data objects are going to take some time to settle.

@lily very hopefully multiple code forges implement some federation that is interoperable

Hey my team (makers of Xcode's CreateML app) is hiring!

If you want to make Machine Learning easier to use and understand, if you love to help App Store developers make cool apps with ML, and if you are a whiz at swift and #swiftui (or can learn it quick) apply here:

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200539667

To find out more about our products search for videos mentioning "create ml" in the Apple developer app.

Announcing Vancouver Hack Day, Sunday, April 7th!

We'll do short presentations of #ATProtocol w/ @weswalla, Local First Software w/ @daffl, & Decentralized Compute @everywherecomputer by me, & then have the day to learn and hack - including bring your own project of course!

Get in touch if you want to sponsor lunch or dinner snacks, or want to be a fourth tech presentation to support hackers.

Register https://lu.ma/jh8fnap8

#Vancouver #DWebYVR

A few months ago I started using #NixOS and I was blown away. Then I learned about its design principles and I was even more blown away.

Here's the result: a deep dive into how #unix systems manage software, and how #nix nukes this structure and replaces it with a design fit for the 21st century.

https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/02/17/nixing-technological-lock-in/

@outwitplaylist Stands for content addressed archive https://car.ipfs.io/ — which is a little bit like offline IPFS

More details in the Bluesky blog post https://www.docs.bsky.app/blog/repo-export

@happyborg you can browse code projects at Awesome IPFS https://github.com/ipfs/awesome-ipfs

Persona development and user research are pretty well known techniques.

If you want me to boil it down — describe the service offering you’re proposing and interview some people on their needs

@edsu I’m not sure what you mean. My Twitter Archive zip file has my DMs in it too. Anything I download is going to be readable by me.

I don’t really know what private data is in Bluesky at all today? I guess my mute list and some app config settings but that’s all client side.