Patrik Svensson
@patriksvensson.se
Father. Husband. Programmer. Likes OSS, compilers, programming. Spectre.Console, Cake. Ally ✊🏾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♀️(He/Him) @patriksvensson@mstdn.social
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
@rangemarten.bsky.social I added a Spectre.Tui shader selector using the new ListWidget functionality 😀
February 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
@rangemarten.bsky.social I added a Spectre.Tui shader selector using the new ListWidget functionality 😀
I'm happy that you can finally outsource all the boring coding to a chatbot: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.09598
I will hopefully be dead before the water wars of 2052, but our children won't. They will hate us for this.
I will hopefully be dead before the water wars of 2052, but our children won't. They will hate us for this.
arxiv.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
I'm happy that you can finally outsource all the boring coding to a chatbot: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.09598
I will hopefully be dead before the water wars of 2052, but our children won't. They will hate us for this.
I will hopefully be dead before the water wars of 2052, but our children won't. They will hate us for this.
The Butlerian Jihad cannot come quickly enough. Also, stop anthropomorphizing chatbots.
github.com/matplotlib/m...
github.com/matplotlib/m...
[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T by crabby-rathbun · Pull Request #31132 · matplotlib/matplotlib
This PR addresses issue #31130 by replacing specific safe occurrences of np.column_stack with np.vstack().T for better performance.
IMPORTANT: This is a more targeted fix than originally proposed. ...
github.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM
The Butlerian Jihad cannot come quickly enough. Also, stop anthropomorphizing chatbots.
github.com/matplotlib/m...
github.com/matplotlib/m...
Today I learned that Microsoft makes more money from LinkedIn than Windows, and that suddenly explains so much about their priorities (and the rapidly declining quality).
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Today I learned that Microsoft makes more money from LinkedIn than Windows, and that suddenly explains so much about their priorities (and the rapidly declining quality).
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"cooled by the vacuum of space" - huh, neat. hey does anyone know how thermoses work
This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
February 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"cooled by the vacuum of space" - huh, neat. hey does anyone know how thermoses work
I'm starting to become pretty happy with how widgets (and their APIs) are turning out. If you're familiar with Ratatui, you will feel comfortable with Spectre.Tui, since most of the inspiration is from there.
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I'm starting to become pretty happy with how widgets (and their APIs) are turning out. If you're familiar with Ratatui, you will feel comfortable with Spectre.Tui, since most of the inspiration is from there.
It amazes me how many people seem to think that capitalism means "there is money and people buy and sell things".
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
It amazes me how many people seem to think that capitalism means "there is money and people buy and sell things".
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Just put me on a flaming raft and push it out to sea.
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Just put me on a flaming raft and push it out to sea.
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i wonder what magic the tech industry will develop next. a calendar that is 75% accurate and gives you an eating disorder
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 AM
i wonder what magic the tech industry will develop next. a calendar that is 75% accurate and gives you an eating disorder
Not as impressive as all the stuff Phil has done in his Spectre.Tui Elm framework, but I implemented basic list support today.
February 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Not as impressive as all the stuff Phil has done in his Spectre.Tui Elm framework, but I implemented basic list support today.
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You need to be a special kind of stupid to use something like Moltbot. Like, missing-parts-of-your-brain stupid. I thought that vibe coding was some kind of a new low, but AI bros keep surprising me!
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
You need to be a special kind of stupid to use something like Moltbot. Like, missing-parts-of-your-brain stupid. I thought that vibe coding was some kind of a new low, but AI bros keep surprising me!
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Open Source Maintenance Fee v1.1 robmensching.com/blog/posts/2...
Open Source Maintenance Fee v1.1 | RobMensching.com
Since it's release almost a year ago now, I've been collecting feedback on the Open Source Maintenance Fee. Earlier this week, I integrated a piece of feedback that deserved to bump the version number....
robmensching.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Open Source Maintenance Fee v1.1 robmensching.com/blog/posts/2...
Call for papers for Umedev is soon over, so I need to write up an abstract for my "Patrik Svenssons talk about compilers for programmers who want to build a simple compiler (and who wanna learn to do other stuff good to)" talk. Personally I think that the title should be enough...
Wish me luck!
Wish me luck!
February 5, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Call for papers for Umedev is soon over, so I need to write up an abstract for my "Patrik Svenssons talk about compilers for programmers who want to build a simple compiler (and who wanna learn to do other stuff good to)" talk. Personally I think that the title should be enough...
Wish me luck!
Wish me luck!
This ASP.NET Core dev shell that @philco.bsky.social built on top of Spectre.Tui (as a demo), is pretty damn useful (and cool).
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 AM
This ASP.NET Core dev shell that @philco.bsky.social built on top of Spectre.Tui (as a demo), is pretty damn useful (and cool).
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In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
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Here's another example of using the pwshSpectreConsole module in #PowerShell to create engaging information. gist.github.com/jdhi...
February 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Here's another example of using the pwshSpectreConsole module in #PowerShell to create engaging information. gist.github.com/jdhi...
Guess what I'm doing tonight.
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Guess what I'm doing tonight.
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I'm still writing code the hard way. I'm slow. I like to think critically about every line of code and fiddle with variable names until everything looks right. I treat code as a liability and try to ship only what's necessary.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
February 1, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I'm still writing code the hard way. I'm slow. I like to think critically about every line of code and fiddle with variable names until everything looks right. I treat code as a liability and try to ship only what's necessary.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
I removed my Visual Studio subscription today, as well as my Microsoft Azure subscription (which had no resources in it).
February 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I removed my Visual Studio subscription today, as well as my Microsoft Azure subscription (which had no resources in it).
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Staying true to my one trick pony ethos.
SwiftTerm, running a poor man's Evolution email client written in TermKit using MailFoundation and MimeFoundation:
SwiftTerm, running a poor man's Evolution email client written in TermKit using MailFoundation and MimeFoundation:
February 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Staying true to my one trick pony ethos.
SwiftTerm, running a poor man's Evolution email client written in TermKit using MailFoundation and MimeFoundation:
SwiftTerm, running a poor man's Evolution email client written in TermKit using MailFoundation and MimeFoundation:
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then the handler itself has some logic for starting at position x and y and using the AppendLiteral and AppendFormatted statement to keep track of the current position. While I'm here I'm also applying some tailwind like color statements for a custom format to allow easy styling. And voilà
January 31, 2026 at 9:42 PM
then the handler itself has some logic for starting at position x and y and using the AppendLiteral and AppendFormatted statement to keep track of the current position. While I'm here I'm also applying some tailwind like color statements for a custom format to allow easy styling. And voilà
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which the compiler rewrites to this
January 31, 2026 at 9:42 PM
which the compiler rewrites to this
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Then your handler looks like so, getting the RenderContext in as a parameter
January 31, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Then your handler looks like so, getting the RenderContext in as a parameter