I Asked Science How Hard a Human Can Fart (A Rigorous Investigation)
April 12, 2026It is Sunday. The coffee is hot. The world is quiet. And I have decided, with full adult agency and a functioning frontal lobe, to spend my morning...
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Building `oxide-randomx`: An Education in Performance Skepticism
March 18, 2026Implementing RandomX in Rust was the easy part to describe. Learning when not to trust a performance win was the real education.
RandomPOW: The Unholy Marriage of RandomX and KAWPOW
February 14, 2026So you’ve heard about proof-of-work. Maybe you’ve even mined a few coins. You know the drill: SHA-256 goes brrr, ASICs take over, and suddenly the ...
The Perils of Artificial Intelligence: Why Artificial General Intelligence and Artificial Superintelligence Remain the Greatest Threat to Human Existence
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Why a Frugal Solo Developer Might (Actually) Want to Run Their Own Email Server
November 01, 2025Postfix + Dovecot + OpenDKIM on Debian/Ubuntu, with a focus on transactional mail, and a frank look at the potholes you’ll hit along the way.
How Much Would a Real Death Star Cost to Build and Operate?
October 18, 2025We begin at the begining
The Finer Points of Rust That Actually Matter
October 04, 2025If you’ve been shipping serious systems in C or C# for a decade (or three), you’ve already seen several waves of “this time it’s different” languag...
Rust Beginner’s Survival Guide: Taming the Borrow Checker and Other Wild Beasts
September 01, 2025So, you’ve decided to learn Rust. First of all, congratulations…or condolences, depending on how many hours you’ve already spent staring at compile...
Gaming on Linux in 2025: Beyond the Niche
August 02, 2025“Back in vo-tech we’d fire up Command & Conquer: Red Alert between labs. I am chasing that nostalgia to this day.”
The Most Complicated Way to Turn On a Light Switch
July 19, 2025Imagine trying to flip a simple light switch, but instead of just, you know, flipping it, you decide to turn it into the most ridiculous, Rube Gold...