AcornTalks
@acorntalks.bsky.social
Well seasoned software developer with decades of experiences. Currently enjoying #ElixirLang, #WebDev, #ZigLang, #RustLang, #TypeScript, #Svelte 5. Wanting more local first options and fewer subscriptions.
Married with two felines.
Married with two felines.
It's difficult to summarize this YT show as anything but a delightful distraction from a day's endless streams of doom and gloom: they draw characters their way to avoid IP issues. Skeletor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPmU...
@wrongwayshow.com @bradguigar.com @davekellett.bsky.social @kevinmcshane.org
@wrongwayshow.com @bradguigar.com @davekellett.bsky.social @kevinmcshane.org
Pro Cartoonists Redesign Skeletor
YouTube video by The Wrong Way
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's difficult to summarize this YT show as anything but a delightful distraction from a day's endless streams of doom and gloom: they draw characters their way to avoid IP issues. Skeletor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPmU...
@wrongwayshow.com @bradguigar.com @davekellett.bsky.social @kevinmcshane.org
@wrongwayshow.com @bradguigar.com @davekellett.bsky.social @kevinmcshane.org
I have the opportunity to decorate a room dedicated to role playing games and board games, themed, shelves for books, games, etc., plus a TV/computer for virtual gaming sessions.
I'm looking for inspiration. Suggestions wanted!
My internet searches find AI slop now.
#TTRPG #BoardGames #DnD
I'm looking for inspiration. Suggestions wanted!
My internet searches find AI slop now.
#TTRPG #BoardGames #DnD
September 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I have the opportunity to decorate a room dedicated to role playing games and board games, themed, shelves for books, games, etc., plus a TV/computer for virtual gaming sessions.
I'm looking for inspiration. Suggestions wanted!
My internet searches find AI slop now.
#TTRPG #BoardGames #DnD
I'm looking for inspiration. Suggestions wanted!
My internet searches find AI slop now.
#TTRPG #BoardGames #DnD
Anyone have first hand experience with #Svelte 5 used as #WebComponents?
Like / dislike ? Why?
I need some interactive functionality to be dynamically created on a web page and this seems like a nice way to do that -- maybe.
Like / dislike ? Why?
I need some interactive functionality to be dynamically created on a web page and this seems like a nice way to do that -- maybe.
June 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Anyone have first hand experience with #Svelte 5 used as #WebComponents?
Like / dislike ? Why?
I need some interactive functionality to be dynamically created on a web page and this seems like a nice way to do that -- maybe.
Like / dislike ? Why?
I need some interactive functionality to be dynamically created on a web page and this seems like a nice way to do that -- maybe.
As I advance through a code base and testing, some days the difference between panic! and todo! is marginal in my #RustLang code.
I've also encountered instances where a crisis! might be appropriate recently.
I've also encountered instances where a crisis! might be appropriate recently.
June 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As I advance through a code base and testing, some days the difference between panic! and todo! is marginal in my #RustLang code.
I've also encountered instances where a crisis! might be appropriate recently.
I've also encountered instances where a crisis! might be appropriate recently.
Apparently #rustlang can’t stop me from putting a typo into a 64 digit bit mask constant.
It took me way longer than I’d care to admit to figure out why the code and tests weren’t working correctly. 😬
It took me way longer than I’d care to admit to figure out why the code and tests weren’t working correctly. 😬
May 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Apparently #rustlang can’t stop me from putting a typo into a 64 digit bit mask constant.
It took me way longer than I’d care to admit to figure out why the code and tests weren’t working correctly. 😬
It took me way longer than I’d care to admit to figure out why the code and tests weren’t working correctly. 😬
May 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm translating a few very long and many decades old C functions that have nearly every C'ism available to #RustLang. One letter var names of course, macros, and a healthy dose of pointer math. Of course, no docs and no test cases.
Send happy thoughts. 🙏
Send happy thoughts. 🙏
May 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm translating a few very long and many decades old C functions that have nearly every C'ism available to #RustLang. One letter var names of course, macros, and a healthy dose of pointer math. Of course, no docs and no test cases.
Send happy thoughts. 🙏
Send happy thoughts. 🙏
I was considering GMing a #Starfinder2e game upon release, but it seems that there won't be much besides rules available (like no creature/monsters books) and no longer adventures (or even medium length). 🥺
My #StarWarsRpg game is about to wrap up and was wanting to scratch more #TTRPG Sci-fi.
My #StarWarsRpg game is about to wrap up and was wanting to scratch more #TTRPG Sci-fi.
May 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I was considering GMing a #Starfinder2e game upon release, but it seems that there won't be much besides rules available (like no creature/monsters books) and no longer adventures (or even medium length). 🥺
My #StarWarsRpg game is about to wrap up and was wanting to scratch more #TTRPG Sci-fi.
My #StarWarsRpg game is about to wrap up and was wanting to scratch more #TTRPG Sci-fi.
May 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I feel I've unlocked Secrets of the Universe by using the #SQLite C APIs directly from #RustLang rather than crates like rusqlite, sqlx, & diesel.
Designs of options I tried had lifetimes and borrowing complexities that made it essentially impossible to solve for MY needs.
Designs of options I tried had lifetimes and borrowing complexities that made it essentially impossible to solve for MY needs.
An Introduction To The SQLite C/C++ Interface
sqlite.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For the past 2 days I battled with the #Rustlang borrow checker and lifetimes and…I WON.
The Code Works (on my machine)™️.
In use: Axum, Tokio and SqlX
There have been moments of pure despair and joy. Too much of the former.
Back to coding now as I’ve got about 1% of the app done. 🤣
The Code Works (on my machine)™️.
In use: Axum, Tokio and SqlX
There have been moments of pure despair and joy. Too much of the former.
Back to coding now as I’ve got about 1% of the app done. 🤣
March 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For the past 2 days I battled with the #Rustlang borrow checker and lifetimes and…I WON.
The Code Works (on my machine)™️.
In use: Axum, Tokio and SqlX
There have been moments of pure despair and joy. Too much of the former.
Back to coding now as I’ve got about 1% of the app done. 🤣
The Code Works (on my machine)™️.
In use: Axum, Tokio and SqlX
There have been moments of pure despair and joy. Too much of the former.
Back to coding now as I’ve got about 1% of the app done. 🤣
Does the universe implode if I use #RustLang as a HTTP/2, SSE, WebSocket (exe) host yet write most server logic using #Zig?
Reason: I'm happier when coding in Zig. There are no battle-tested and very robust HTTP/2 packages for Zig yet.
If it does implode, sorry everyone. 🤷♂️
1/2
Reason: I'm happier when coding in Zig. There are no battle-tested and very robust HTTP/2 packages for Zig yet.
If it does implode, sorry everyone. 🤷♂️
1/2
February 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m glad that modern dentistry can replace a bad tooth, but it’s expensive: nearly $6000 USD for the entire procedure (it all went as planned as it could have been much more expensive).
It took about 6 months from extraction to replacement.
Dental insurance covered $0. 🤑
#Healthcare #Teeth
It took about 6 months from extraction to replacement.
Dental insurance covered $0. 🤑
#Healthcare #Teeth
February 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m glad that modern dentistry can replace a bad tooth, but it’s expensive: nearly $6000 USD for the entire procedure (it all went as planned as it could have been much more expensive).
It took about 6 months from extraction to replacement.
Dental insurance covered $0. 🤑
#Healthcare #Teeth
It took about 6 months from extraction to replacement.
Dental insurance covered $0. 🤑
#Healthcare #Teeth
Not only does my #ziglang code compile — it functions properly!
A dash of tagged union, a sprinkle of comptime, a dusting of TypeOf and std.meta.Child and viola, a dynamic struct type aware syntax tree node passes 1 test.
Seems like a little thing, but after banging my head for 2 days on this….
A dash of tagged union, a sprinkle of comptime, a dusting of TypeOf and std.meta.Child and viola, a dynamic struct type aware syntax tree node passes 1 test.
Seems like a little thing, but after banging my head for 2 days on this….
February 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Not only does my #ziglang code compile — it functions properly!
A dash of tagged union, a sprinkle of comptime, a dusting of TypeOf and std.meta.Child and viola, a dynamic struct type aware syntax tree node passes 1 test.
Seems like a little thing, but after banging my head for 2 days on this….
A dash of tagged union, a sprinkle of comptime, a dusting of TypeOf and std.meta.Child and viola, a dynamic struct type aware syntax tree node passes 1 test.
Seems like a little thing, but after banging my head for 2 days on this….
Popularity does not make a technology choice appropriate for healthcare and critical systems.
(I worked in the healthcare software industry in R&D for 25 years.)
Test test test. Prove it is safe and reliable. It’s not a popularity contest of sophisticated algorithms.
#Healthcare #AI
(I worked in the healthcare software industry in R&D for 25 years.)
Test test test. Prove it is safe and reliable. It’s not a popularity contest of sophisticated algorithms.
#Healthcare #AI
February 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Popularity does not make a technology choice appropriate for healthcare and critical systems.
(I worked in the healthcare software industry in R&D for 25 years.)
Test test test. Prove it is safe and reliable. It’s not a popularity contest of sophisticated algorithms.
#Healthcare #AI
(I worked in the healthcare software industry in R&D for 25 years.)
Test test test. Prove it is safe and reliable. It’s not a popularity contest of sophisticated algorithms.
#Healthcare #AI
I spent several hours battling #ZigLang comptime yesterday afternoon.
Of course, right before I fell asleep last night I realized there was a much more straightforward solution to the problem—it didn’t need comptime at all (and would be an improved algorithm too). #Zig
Of course, right before I fell asleep last night I realized there was a much more straightforward solution to the problem—it didn’t need comptime at all (and would be an improved algorithm too). #Zig
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wooden wall
Alt: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wooden wall shrugging
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The "higher authorities" response from a customer service chat agent from #Amazon made me smile.
#CustomerService
#CustomerService
January 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The "higher authorities" response from a customer service chat agent from #Amazon made me smile.
#CustomerService
#CustomerService
December 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM
The new #gundam series may have been named when a cat walked on the author’s keyboard.
They couldn’t remember how to edit the message they’d sent and 🫣—name chosen.
#GQuuuuuuX #Hypothesis
They couldn’t remember how to edit the message they’d sent and 🫣—name chosen.
#GQuuuuuuX #Hypothesis
December 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
The new #gundam series may have been named when a cat walked on the author’s keyboard.
They couldn’t remember how to edit the message they’d sent and 🫣—name chosen.
#GQuuuuuuX #Hypothesis
They couldn’t remember how to edit the message they’d sent and 🫣—name chosen.
#GQuuuuuuX #Hypothesis
I downloaded the archive for my many years of Twittering for what it’s worth and deactivated my account today. #X #Deactivated
November 13, 2024 at 2:51 AM
I downloaded the archive for my many years of Twittering for what it’s worth and deactivated my account today. #X #Deactivated