Roxy Light
@zombiezen.com
she/her or they/them. Posts are entirely my own, not my employer's.
I've been trying out Jujutsu for developing zb the last couple weeks. I'm impressed at how robust it is and how well it improves my workflow of lots of small, focused commits.
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I've been trying out Jujutsu for developing zb the last couple weeks. I'm impressed at how robust it is and how well it improves my workflow of lots of small, focused commits.
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I applaud the PSF for standing firmly on principles.
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I applaud the PSF for standing firmly on principles.
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co-signed. a robot might be able to type rote code faster than me, but *typing speed* is not the limiting factor in my effectiveness as a software engineer, and never has been.
*understanding* the code (and the pre-existing human and computational systems it interacts with) is the hard part.
*understanding* the code (and the pre-existing human and computational systems it interacts with) is the hard part.
I'd also identify a third position, "I see or imagine there are meaningful uses for LLMs, but that they are relatively few (not 'everything') and relatively small (+10%, not +10000%) and so may not support the cost of model building and inference or the valuation of these companies."
I think a lot of people who are reasonable AI skeptics are saying things like “I don’t see a reliable use for LLMs in areas I’m an expert in” and that those folks are quite distinct from people who argue that LLMs don’t have capabilities that they clearly do
October 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
co-signed. a robot might be able to type rote code faster than me, but *typing speed* is not the limiting factor in my effectiveness as a software engineer, and never has been.
*understanding* the code (and the pre-existing human and computational systems it interacts with) is the hard part.
*understanding* the code (and the pre-existing human and computational systems it interacts with) is the hard part.
What character permanently altered your brain chemistry?
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
What character permanently altered your brain chemistry?
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Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
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love you all 🤍
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I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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September 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Oh my god, just watched Kpop Demon Hunters with Zooey and the kiddo and that had NO business being as good as it was.
September 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Oh my god, just watched Kpop Demon Hunters with Zooey and the kiddo and that had NO business being as good as it was.
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the best part about gophercon was that nobody said "golang"
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
the best part about gophercon was that nobody said "golang"
I'm giving a lightning talk at #GopherCon this afternoon about building a Lua interpreter in Go. If you're here, come see the lightning talks at 1:40p.
August 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm giving a lightning talk at #GopherCon this afternoon about building a Lua interpreter in Go. If you're here, come see the lightning talks at 1:40p.
I'm so excited to be giving a lightning talk at #Gophercon! Come see me talk way too fast about programming language nerdery. www.gophercon.com/agenda/sessi...
GopherCon 2025
Join us in New York City from August 26th - 28th at the North Javits Center for GopherCon 2025! As the premiere gathering of Go programming language enthusiasts, you can expect some of the very best p...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm so excited to be giving a lightning talk at #Gophercon! Come see me talk way too fast about programming language nerdery. www.gophercon.com/agenda/sessi...
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Do 👏 not 👏 send 👏 me 👏 AI generated 👏 pull 👏 requests
July 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Do 👏 not 👏 send 👏 me 👏 AI generated 👏 pull 👏 requests
I finished reading "The AI Con" by Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna. Very accessible and well-researched. I think everyone should give it a read. 👍
July 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I finished reading "The AI Con" by Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna. Very accessible and well-researched. I think everyone should give it a read. 👍
I switched from Spotify back to a directory of local music files today. I've had it on my to-do list for a year, but I finally had some spare time to restore from my old hard drives and purchase any albums I missed from Bandcamp.
I'm thrilled to be back to owning music. Offline always. 🎵
I'm thrilled to be back to owning music. Offline always. 🎵
July 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I switched from Spotify back to a directory of local music files today. I've had it on my to-do list for a year, but I finally had some spare time to restore from my old hard drives and purchase any albums I missed from Bandcamp.
I'm thrilled to be back to owning music. Offline always. 🎵
I'm thrilled to be back to owning music. Offline always. 🎵
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is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
June 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
New blog post! This time, going into the fun, juicy technical details of the Lua interpreter I wrote in #golang for zb, my new build tool. www.zombiezen.com/blog/2025/06...
Why Go Rocks for Building a Lua Interpreter
Building a Lua interpreter in Go
www.zombiezen.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New blog post! This time, going into the fun, juicy technical details of the Lua interpreter I wrote in #golang for zb, my new build tool. www.zombiezen.com/blog/2025/06...
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We really don't know what software we're running any more. Nor what hardware, to be honest.
June 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We really don't know what software we're running any more. Nor what hardware, to be honest.
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Rolling the ladder up behind us
The newest post on Xe Iaso's blog
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June 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm very excited to announce that my open source build tool — zb — is available in public beta. 🎉
Announcement blog post: www.zombiezen.com/blog/2025/06...
Announcement blog post: www.zombiezen.com/blog/2025/06...
zb beta released
Reproducible builds for everyone
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June 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm very excited to announce that my open source build tool — zb — is available in public beta. 🎉
Announcement blog post: www.zombiezen.com/blog/2025/06...
Announcement blog post: www.zombiezen.com/blog/2025/06...
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Reblogging because 30 seconds of clickity-clacking on a keyboard could save MILLIONS of lives. How could you not want to be a part of that?
For the caring but socially awkward: action.transequality.org/a/stopmedica...
URGENT: Tell Congress to Defend Trans Health Care NOW
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May 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Reblogging because 30 seconds of clickity-clacking on a keyboard could save MILLIONS of lives. How could you not want to be a part of that?
A hearty +1 to everything said here. Ian brings a kindness and a joy to every engineering endeavor he works on.
Ian Lance Taylor deserves an award for the most patient person in Open Source.
He also has an amazing ability to translate the clarity of his thinking into the written word.
He has had such impact on the way people create software.
I really hope he continues to contribute to Go.
He also has an amazing ability to translate the clarity of his thinking into the written word.
He has had such impact on the way people create software.
I really hope he continues to contribute to Go.
Leaving Google – Airs – Ian Lance Taylor
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May 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A hearty +1 to everything said here. Ian brings a kindness and a joy to every engineering endeavor he works on.
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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We won’t disappear just because you change a website.
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We won’t disappear just because you change a website.
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