Nibbles Nibbles “They would have eaten our whole house and probably the whole cul-de-sac if we didn’t find those jelly beans.” “You’re not telling it right!” “I’m holding the golden stick,” said Eko. “That means it’s my turn.” Arp made … Read more
I wrote a program that sends cats to my phone when I’m sad at the computer. I was inspired by a tweet I saw last week. I’ve lost the link but, to paraphrase, it went something like this: I’m okay … Read more
Brian Robert Callahan academic, developer, with an eye towards a brighter techno-social life [prev] [next] 2022-02-20I wrote the least-C C program I could All source code for this blog post can be found here. As a fun afternoon challenge, I … Read more
autofix-grammarly-errors/readme.md at main · isneuu/autofix-grammarly-errors · GitHub {{ message }} Permalink 1 contributor Use case: Large document with 100+ errors How to use: Go to Grammarly Web app Go to Editor Settings, turn on “Auto-jump to the next suggestion” I … Read more
Figured I should write this stuff down before I forget it all, and where better for TaskManager than r/techsupport! If there’s any appetite for this, I’ll expand on it! I don’t blog, so here goes… [TLDR? See also Dave’s Task … Read more
It is a beautiful rite of passage for a bright-eyed junior developer to join a team, take some tasks full of enthusiasm, and have the life and joy sucked out of them one sprint at a time. Soon enough, they … Read more
Hi HN! During the last few years, I worked on a few applications built with Go, running on AWS Lambda. As I got to know the platform better, I started to find Go & Lambda to be a really productive … Read more
Earlier this month I released a book about AWS Lambda and Go. I thoroughly enjoyed working on it, and I learned a lot throughout the process. If you’ve ever thought about writing a book, I would definitely recommend giving it … Read more
Why I Wrote PGP Part of the Original 1991 PGP User’s Guide (updated in 1999) “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” -Mahatma Gandhi It’s personal. It’s private. And it’s no one’s … Read more
Brian Robert Callahan academic, developer, with an eye towards a brighter techno-social life [prev] [next] 2021-07-10I wrote a 231-byte Brainfuck compiler by abusing everything All source code for this blog post can be found here. We wrote a Brainfuck compiler … Read more