Sean Ballais
@seanballais.com
🖥️ Programmer, and a Mid-Level Fullstack Developer @ TechLint
👋 Co-founded Dev8
🛠️ Loves systems programming, game dev, and graphics dev
🧰 Rust, Python, and C++ main (dabbling with C#)
🎉 Building for a better Tacloban.
👋 Co-founded Dev8
🛠️ Loves systems programming, game dev, and graphics dev
🧰 Rust, Python, and C++ main (dabbling with C#)
🎉 Building for a better Tacloban.
Did not expect a "I paid for the whole CPU; I'm gonna use the entire CPU" ahh moment before I started to compile the Qt framework. 💀 May God have mercy on my CPU's cores.
October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Did not expect a "I paid for the whole CPU; I'm gonna use the entire CPU" ahh moment before I started to compile the Qt framework. 💀 May God have mercy on my CPU's cores.
Hello again, Conan (the C++ package manager). It's been... a while. 🥹
October 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hello again, Conan (the C++ package manager). It's been... a while. 🥹
This is disappointing, @jetbrains.com. Very disappointing. I'll still keep my subscription, but I am disappointed. Using our data and potentially exposing our data to training despite intending to opt-out without even some sort of compensation does not sit right with me.
Better AI Depends on Better Data: We Need Your Help | The JetBrains Blog
TL;DR Over the past few years, AI has made remarkable progress, but it doesn’t always deliver what professional developers need. One key reason is that most models are trained on public datasets th
blog.jetbrains.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is disappointing, @jetbrains.com. Very disappointing. I'll still keep my subscription, but I am disappointed. Using our data and potentially exposing our data to training despite intending to opt-out without even some sort of compensation does not sit right with me.
I can't believe I can read these Hiragana nowadays. 😭
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I can't believe I can read these Hiragana nowadays. 😭
Mobile dev is quite a relief from web dev. 😌
September 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Mobile dev is quite a relief from web dev. 😌
I NEED EPISODE 24 OF KAIJU NO. 8 NOW! UGHHH! RAGHHHH! 💢💢💢
September 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I NEED EPISODE 24 OF KAIJU NO. 8 NOW! UGHHH! RAGHHHH! 💢💢💢
So annoying when they do an opt-out model, instead of an opt-in one. 🙃
🔗 www.linkedin.com/help/linkedi...
🔗 www.linkedin.com/help/linkedi...
September 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
So annoying when they do an opt-out model, instead of an opt-in one. 🙃
🔗 www.linkedin.com/help/linkedi...
🔗 www.linkedin.com/help/linkedi...
We've been in a JS-dominated web for so long, that I forgot how fast things are if you don't use JS! 🤯
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We've been in a JS-dominated web for so long, that I forgot how fast things are if you don't use JS! 🤯
Hello, SourceHut. 🎉 Slowly starting to migrate away from GitHub for my personal projects, after Microsoft's decision to put GitHub in the CoreAI team. Time to see how SourceHut goes. 👀
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hello, SourceHut. 🎉 Slowly starting to migrate away from GitHub for my personal projects, after Microsoft's decision to put GitHub in the CoreAI team. Time to see how SourceHut goes. 👀
It's always a relief seeing websites that don't need a ton of JavaScript. 😌
September 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's always a relief seeing websites that don't need a ton of JavaScript. 😌
🧠 Tonight is a night for learning.
September 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🧠 Tonight is a night for learning.
I regret not watching Superman (2025) in the theatre. 😔
August 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I regret not watching Superman (2025) in the theatre. 😔
Crazy CS2 match tonight. 😂
August 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Crazy CS2 match tonight. 😂
🖼️ Experimented with doing a tubelight effect via Affinity Photo basing off a tutorial from Facebook. Decent results really.
August 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🖼️ Experimented with doing a tubelight effect via Affinity Photo basing off a tutorial from Facebook. Decent results really.
Happy to have lost 0.5kgs in weight, thanks to the power of God, anime, and J-Pop Girl Group music. 🥹 39.5 kgs more to go.
August 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Happy to have lost 0.5kgs in weight, thanks to the power of God, anime, and J-Pop Girl Group music. 🥹 39.5 kgs more to go.
✏️ A post-workout activity of learning Kana. 😊
August 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
✏️ A post-workout activity of learning Kana. 😊
⚒️ I guess I'll be building a Rust game engine, but with the gameplay logic handled by a higher-level language.
🤔 Now, time to check if I should go for Lua or check out AngelScript.
🤔 Now, time to check if I should go for Lua or check out AngelScript.
August 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
⚒️ I guess I'll be building a Rust game engine, but with the gameplay logic handled by a higher-level language.
🤔 Now, time to check if I should go for Lua or check out AngelScript.
🤔 Now, time to check if I should go for Lua or check out AngelScript.
🤩 Kaiju No. 8 never fails to make me all giddy and feel excited whenever Kafka gets to do something awesome!
August 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🤩 Kaiju No. 8 never fails to make me all giddy and feel excited whenever Kafka gets to do something awesome!
Confirmed. Squats are the bane of my legs. 🫠
August 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Confirmed. Squats are the bane of my legs. 🫠
Weightlifting is actually nice. I can't believe I feel excited to do it again! 💪
August 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Weightlifting is actually nice. I can't believe I feel excited to do it again! 💪
✨ Gym Day 1. Here's to hoping to return to 65kgs! 💪 Having a good experience at the gym so far.
August 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
✨ Gym Day 1. Here's to hoping to return to 65kgs! 💪 Having a good experience at the gym so far.
📚 It's really time for me to spend and dedicate time to reading books. I just bought another set of books, and I don't want to see them picking up dust in my room. This year is our year for self-improvement! 💪
July 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
📚 It's really time for me to spend and dedicate time to reading books. I just bought another set of books, and I don't want to see them picking up dust in my room. This year is our year for self-improvement! 💪
Ugh. I hate working with PHP. 🫠
July 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Ugh. I hate working with PHP. 🫠
Sometimes, i just wanna play Stardew Valley the whole day in a quiet place. 😩
July 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Sometimes, i just wanna play Stardew Valley the whole day in a quiet place. 😩
✨ Oh the start of a new project that will hopefully bring me back to writing articles again. Building with C++20 and Qt. #buildinpublic
July 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
✨ Oh the start of a new project that will hopefully bring me back to writing articles again. Building with C++20 and Qt. #buildinpublic