A Curmudgeon's Opinions™

The worst defence of C++

7 minute read Published: 2026-02-09

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. I: The absolute basics

11 minute read Published: 2026-02-07

Where it all started.

How can you make a type-writer incapable of printing profanity?

4 minute read Published: 2026-02-02

An essay on digital piracy, and what it would take to eliminate it.

Unsafe Rust is safer than C/C++

6 minute read Published: 2026-02-01

A neat detail that bears driving home.

What are war crimes, anyway?

2 minute read Published: 2026-02-01

In case anyone else had the same question I had.

Pretentious Advice vol. XII: Emasculation does not girliness make

12 minute read Published: 2026-01-21

How to not appeal to girls.

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.