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oh btw I washed my pixel buds, all cool :/

"X is considered fast because of these reasons: 1. built in rust" - I don't think that's how it works though. I bet I can write very slow code even in rust. Of course low-level languages will have speed advantages. But shit's written in slow JavaScript and runs in mega-shitty electron package, but what it does can still be "fast". Depends on what you do. I agree that the thing may be fast, but not because rust is faster than other low-level stuff directly. Just don't. #performanceClaims

So how do people compile TypeScript for backend (think, Express and MongoDB) these days? Esbuild still the simplest thing around?

My kids' piano teacher is also a composer and he invited us to a concert where, among others, one of his pieces is also performed. A few fun things to note:
- first date in like two years I have with my wife is in a church
- when you're there just for music, the talks in between the music bits are more prominent if it's not in your primary language
- I miss singing in an a cappella group
- I listened Adam Neely too much and now see how much the "classical" music is influenced by a few long-dead Germans.

"A queue is a machine for turning rpc calls into full disks." oh, what a bag of jewels this article is :)

https://cohost.org/tef/post/1764930-how-not-to-write-a

Poor internet, they all thought zig is dead. Don't worry, you'll still be able to compile your C++ things with zig:

https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/16270#issuecomment-1615388680

#zig

Hey git gurus, is git worktree useful (in the sense of, say, having `dev` or `release/something` branch constantly checked out as a separate worktree, so that you can always go to a working thing? What are the usual use-cases and workflows for worktrees? #git

TIL telescope builtin planets command #nvim #geekyStuffIsOutThere