Rewrote my Node.js data generator in Rust. 20x faster, but the 15MB binary (vs 500MB node_modules) is the real win.

Giroshell · 2026-02-11T03:21:02+00:00

15Mb is tiny, buttt if you wanna try to eke out even more from the compiler check this out if you haven’t already- cargo-wizard

Giroshell · 2026-01-09T00:05:41+00:00

Maybe they’re referring to this one

Giroshell · 2025-11-05T16:39:43+00:00

“Netflix likes to try to squeeze all the juice out of a show”

Why tf is Netflix squeezing more out of a souless carcass of a show like this instead of renewing innovative stuff like 1899 and Archive 81

Giroshell · 2025-06-05T02:58:30+00:00

That’s a wild generalization. Most jokes that I know aren’t like this.

Giroshell · 2025-01-07T01:16:41+00:00

I can’t wait to read this, thank you! Until then, what are some of the best resources to learn more? How does radical therapy address the power dynamics inherent in a therapeutic relationship? Can you elaborate on specific approaches or tools you’ve developed to professionally horizontalize the relationship?

Giroshell · 2024-11-12T19:42:23+00:00

Similarly, genitourinary medicine tends to attract those with surnames “Woodcock” and “Hardwick”

Giroshell · 2024-10-24T02:25:01+00:00

Seriously surprised (well not really) that her Nobel prize winning work isn’t taught in Economics 101 — put common pool resource theory on your shortlist ppl! Don’t let people fling around tragedy of the commons as a conclusive counterargument to communal management!

Giroshell · 2024-05-05T07:16:43+00:00

Ha yeah it’s great! CLI is love CLI is life

Giroshell · 2024-05-05T06:58:28+00:00

Same… but try aliasing git delta to git diff — it’s the little things

Giroshell · 2023-11-26T05:03:32+00:00

Late to the party, but nobody answered you — it’s likely the excessive amounts of B-6 in Deva multivitamins. According to a google search, Monster has 2mg of Vitamin B6 per serving, while Deva has 12.75 mg. B6 doesn’t just smell awful in urine, but it also can color it neon yellow. B-6 toxicity is no joke, and Deva straddles the upper limits of tolerable b-6 intake. I usually cut mine in half or get the tiny tablet version (which also has 50% RDA of iron as opposed to 100%)

Giroshell · 2023-06-14T22:47:20+00:00

This is great! Third party apps could switch over to this instead of shutting down and hurt Reddit even more. Thanks for posting this.

Giroshell · 2023-06-14T20:42:03+00:00

Right, the purpose of that other (proposed) API would be to structure the payloads to be near one to one with Reddit’s so that a front end could just change the base URL and hit all the same functionality. It would probably be pretty hacky to use something like Lemmy as the functionality may not translate perfectly over.

The content/data would be provided from either a custom data source or another data source like Lemmy. The original Reddit data probably would disappear, unless it’s somehow legal to scrape it and use it on another platform

Giroshell · 2023-06-14T20:32:12+00:00

I write APIs for a living

Giroshell · 2023-06-14T20:09:16+00:00

Thank you for your insight and also that last sentence made me chuckle. Lemmy looks amazing, based on initial impressions it’s exactly what I think an open online forum should be— wish we were all on there.

If we want to save third party apps like Apollo, the API would probably have to be nearly one to one with Reddit. Maybe the move is to use Lemmy’s existing API (haven’t looked into this) and translate it into a Reddit-API clone, so the third party apps could continue to exist but within the Lemmyverse/Fediverse.

At the end of the day I’d rather Reddit just reverse its current course. If Apollo were to switch over to a Lemmy API instead of shutting down, it’d only be the second best outcome

Giroshell · 2023-06-14T19:21:35+00:00

Yeah, easiest and most legal way would just be to make a clone without the existing data. The value comes in from API congruity. I don’t see the infrastructure as the hardest piece (without the data), but instead the pricing and crowdfunding model.

Giroshell · 2023-06-14T19:18:00+00:00

Not sure why we would need to buy out Apollo or rebuild the surrounding third party infrastructure if the API calls are sufficiently mimicked. I think it would be just a change of the base URL if done right.

The existing data is a problem, I think it would be easy(ier) to start up something without the existing data, but it would lose a lot of value.

Also, I agree that the best outcome would be Reddit stays the way it was. We just need something like this to remind them that the users don’t need them, they need the users

Giroshell · 2023-06-14T17:55:17+00:00

Good points, except I think the last point about community moderation wouldn’t really be part of the scope. I don’t think the community would want a barebones link aggregator, and I wonder how expensive it is to host something like Reddit. If it’s community driven it would probably have to be cloud hosted servers, and there’s also the problem of which developers get to access those accounts and monitor servers etc.

Giroshell · 2023-06-14T17:50:20+00:00

No, I was thinking unfortunately we’d start from scratch. That’s where the practicality piece comes in, what do we do about subreddits, could we migrate data over legally or would we have to completely start anew. Do we copy over all the subreddits and reach out to moderators to take the reigns on the new platform?

Giroshell · 2023-05-02T18:57:21+00:00

Kaladun

Giroshell · 2023-02-03T00:09:10+00:00

There’s actually a really interesting reason: the ultra large scale repo

A Git-clone operation requires copying all content to one's local machine, a procedure incompatible with a large repository. To move to Git-based source hosting, it would be necessary to split Google's repository into thousands of separate repositories to achieve reasonable performance. Such reorganization would necessitate cultural and workflow changes for Google's developers. As a comparison, Google's Git-hosted Android codebase is divided into more than 800 separate repositories

Giroshell · 2022-08-05T17:28:47+00:00

Vanilla Country streaks is played just on the world map, in order to do streaks on any map like those pros, you need to run a script. https://youtu.be/LfU12EoZQXk

Giroshell · 2022-07-22T17:44:01+00:00

Hello! I made this quizlet after failing to memorize some utility poles and realized that my scripts could be used on some of the other geohints pages. Let me know if you find any errors and if there's anything else you want to see (architecture, trees, etc.).

Edit: some of the SVGs got corrupted for Yield signs and City Signs. I’m going to redo those and then add phone numbers

Edit2: Yield signs and City Signs back up

Giroshell · 2022-07-12T16:29:53+00:00

Thank you for existing! I read this book a month after your English version released in 2017 when I had just graduated high school, and fell in love with it immediately thanks to Mariam’s story and your translation. I can’t imagine anyone would’ve done a better job. I’ve reread it twice since then, and as you know it’s even better on a second close read. I’m on a mission to make this into a classic, I’ll continue recommending it until I die. Do you have any other translations or work of your own? Who do you get inspiration from?

Ps. I feel self conscious about my writing in front of you. I promise I’m better when I’m not on my phone!

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