A Curmudgeon's Opinions

Translation of the lyrics of “Shura no Hana”

2 minute read Published: 2025-12-22

Cross-posted from another blog.

The Skill Gap and Impostor Syndrome

5 minute read Published: 2025-12-17

You're not really an impostor. You're just pretending at it.

Haskell Monad Tutorial № 57005

12 minute read Published: 2025-12-16

tl;dr Haskell is weird.

Armida / The Pirate Ship of Captain Jim

2 minute read Published: 2025-12-15

Written by Nikos Kavvadias, translated by me.

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. XI: The hero, the villain, and the laughingstock.

8 minute read Published: 2025-12-10

“But why do people like my villain?”

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. X: On the reproductive habits of human cadavers

3 minute read Published: 2025-12-09

Do vampires have a sex drive?

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. IX: The golden rules of sex scenes

5 minute read Published: 2025-12-08

Some readers are, indeed, only in it for the cheap thrills.

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. VIII: The sexually attractive character

6 minute read Published: 2025-12-07

Attractive according to whom, exactly?

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. VII: What does your personality look like?

5 minute read Published: 2025-12-06

How to describe characters' physical appearances.

Latency is never a niche concern

4 minute read Published: 2025-08-05

When every millisecond counts.