Alexander Bandukwala
@bandukwala.me
💻 Pursuing the Future of Computing
🔬 PhD Student @ University of Michigan (Future of Programming Lab)
🪄 Building Hazel: Live Functional Programming & Malleable Systems
🐾 Dog Parent
🛠️ Ex-Software Engineer
🌟 Computing Maximalist
🔬 PhD Student @ University of Michigan (Future of Programming Lab)
🪄 Building Hazel: Live Functional Programming & Malleable Systems
🐾 Dog Parent
🛠️ Ex-Software Engineer
🌟 Computing Maximalist
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Alexander Bandukwala
@bandukwala.me
· Nov 15
Tell me who to add to this #ProgrammingLanguages go.bsky.app/KPyf9X8
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If people aren’t 100x more productive the agent backlash is going to make the OOP backlash look like child’s play
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
If people aren’t 100x more productive the agent backlash is going to make the OOP backlash look like child’s play
Linux is becoming too mainstream. I may need to switch to haiku or plan9.
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Linux is becoming too mainstream. I may need to switch to haiku or plan9.
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i enjoyed MARTY SUPREME to the extent that i can enjoy spending two and a half hours with the worst person imaginable
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 AM
i enjoyed MARTY SUPREME to the extent that i can enjoy spending two and a half hours with the worst person imaginable
Brb updating the firmware on my toothbrush
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Brb updating the firmware on my toothbrush
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Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.
Costco needs to do the one line that splits at the end of the
January 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Costco needs to do the one line that splits at the end of the
I just realized my list of the unknown type [?] looks like a broken citation.
January 2, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I just realized my list of the unknown type [?] looks like a broken citation.
There's something magical about using a webapp that utilizes multiple windows/tabs together.
January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
There's something magical about using a webapp that utilizes multiple windows/tabs together.
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Spent hours debugging the type checker when the bug was in the parser
January 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Spent hours debugging the type checker when the bug was in the parser
Did Apple used to ship an extension cable for the Mac charger with laptops?
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Did Apple used to ship an extension cable for the Mac charger with laptops?
For the useful 1.86666666666666 servings per container
January 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM
For the useful 1.86666666666666 servings per container
Feature request: group email by sender, sorting by most emails descending
January 1, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Feature request: group email by sender, sorting by most emails descending
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They want to wipe out almost a third of the country. It’s got nothing to do with illegal immigration.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
They want to wipe out almost a third of the country. It’s got nothing to do with illegal immigration.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
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that's just what deer look like now. because of climate change.
This Deer Hunting USA board might be malfunctioning...̸̴̶̡͈͔͚͎̌̐ͧ̎͌ͬ.̯ͪ_̸̴̧̟̝͔̰̱̇_̼̤̩͍̪̦̟̺̝̙͔̠̮̆ͬ̆̆́͋̆̔͐ͧ.̵͙͔͊ 🦌
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
that's just what deer look like now. because of climate change.
Do people miss dynamic type checks in typescript or mypy?
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Do people miss dynamic type checks in typescript or mypy?
if java had implicit exception polymorphism for checked exceptions
December 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
if java had implicit exception polymorphism for checked exceptions
Pizza with a side of deconstructed pizza
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Pizza with a side of deconstructed pizza
As a kid I didn’t understand duffel bags. As an adult with a roof rack storage box they’re undefeated
December 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
As a kid I didn’t understand duffel bags. As an adult with a roof rack storage box they’re undefeated
Be me buying games on steam sales under the assumption that one day I’ll have time and RAM prices will drop enough for me to play them
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Be me buying games on steam sales under the assumption that one day I’ll have time and RAM prices will drop enough for me to play them
The prod, staging, development distinctions are so foreign up until you deal with them in anger
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The prod, staging, development distinctions are so foreign up until you deal with them in anger
Photoshopping a screenshot of photoshop has me feeling like I’m writing a self interpreter
December 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Photoshopping a screenshot of photoshop has me feeling like I’m writing a self interpreter
I want a sunken living room, but I don’t have a house or enough friends to use it
December 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I want a sunken living room, but I don’t have a house or enough friends to use it
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Intelligence™️
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Intelligence™️
This time I just went ahead and scheduled the physical therapy before even going on the snowboarding trip
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This time I just went ahead and scheduled the physical therapy before even going on the snowboarding trip