A Curmudgeon's Opinions™
Pretentious Writing Advice vol. I: The absolute basics
11 minute read Published: 2026-02-07Where it all started.
How can you make a type-writer incapable of printing profanity?
4 minute read Published: 2026-02-02An essay on digital piracy, and what it would take to eliminate it.
Unsafe Rust is safer than C/C++
6 minute read Published: 2026-02-01A neat detail that bears driving home.
What are war crimes, anyway?
2 minute read Published: 2026-02-01In case anyone else had the same question I had.
Pretentious Advice vol. XII: Emasculation does not girliness make
12 minute read Published: 2026-01-21How to not appeal to girls.
Translation of the lyrics of “Shura no Hana”
2 minute read Published: 2025-12-22Cross-posted from another blog.
The Skill Gap and Impostor Syndrome
5 minute read Published: 2025-12-17You're not really an impostor. You're just pretending at it.
Haskell Monad Tutorial № 57005
12 minute read Published: 2025-12-16tl;dr Haskell is weird.
Armida / The Pirate Ship of Captain Jim
2 minute read Published: 2025-12-15Written by Nikos Kavvadias, translated by me.