Raphaël Gomès
@alphare.bsky.social
Maintainer of the Mercurial version control system, working at Octobus.
I write Rust and I have to write Python.
I write Rust and I have to write Python.
You do lose out on recommendation for niche videos from 18 years ago in 144p mono
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
You do lose out on recommendation for niche videos from 18 years ago in 144p mono
Digging deep in most verticals of Python inflicts psychic damage, I should know. Thanks for adding to the list of horrors heh
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Digging deep in most verticals of Python inflicts psychic damage, I should know. Thanks for adding to the list of horrors heh
Don't forget to blame your tools and to get sidetracked and you're good to go
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Don't forget to blame your tools and to get sidetracked and you're good to go
How? Isn't flowinfo just a u32? I know nothing about this, so I'm curious
September 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
How? Isn't flowinfo just a u32? I know nothing about this, so I'm curious
I work on the version control software I use, checkmate
August 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I work on the version control software I use, checkmate
But it's souffle (breath), not soufflé (puffed up cake)? I agree it's funny though
August 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
But it's souffle (breath), not soufflé (puffed up cake)? I agree it's funny though
In Python at least it's a "hope for the best" situation because all type analyzers give up given enough magic. There are no rules around separating static and dynamic in any way. I've heard of Mojo but never looked into it
August 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In Python at least it's a "hope for the best" situation because all type analyzers give up given enough magic. There are no rules around separating static and dynamic in any way. I've heard of Mojo but never looked into it
I was like "huh I've never had a problem" and then just one hour later I get a breaking change in one of our tests due to OpenSSL... It's infectious
August 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I was like "huh I've never had a problem" and then just one hour later I get a breaking change in one of our tests due to OpenSSL... It's infectious
Truly one of the mysteries of our time. This hurts my French brain, so... j'ai mal à son cerveau ?
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Truly one of the mysteries of our time. This hurts my French brain, so... j'ai mal à son cerveau ?
Uuugh that's another stupid mitigation for me. Could you share the details?
May 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Uuugh that's another stupid mitigation for me. Could you share the details?
Just put a C implementation through c2rust, easy
May 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just put a C implementation through c2rust, easy
Counterpoint: bind caps lock to a function layer switch to make full use of your 60% keyboard. Ask me how I know.
March 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Counterpoint: bind caps lock to a function layer switch to make full use of your 60% keyboard. Ask me how I know.
FWIW, I've been using btrfs since 2019 with no issues and better performance for intense IO than the zfs setups I've seen at clients'.
December 29, 2024 at 4:09 PM
FWIW, I've been using btrfs since 2019 with no issues and better performance for intense IO than the zfs setups I've seen at clients'.
Oh I know (thanks for monotone btw), I'm just taking stock of the huge pile of things I have left to do, there are only so many things one can do in a day. Though not supporting windows yet, I do go out of my way to create abstractions to plan for later support.
December 3, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Oh I know (thanks for monotone btw), I'm just taking stock of the huge pile of things I have left to do, there are only so many things one can do in a day. Though not supporting windows yet, I do go out of my way to create abstractions to plan for later support.
Windows is much more painful, especially for a VCS. IO APIs are slow and insane, all sorts of quirks... I am more familiar with POSIX, but even then Windows always needs the weird hacks. We're working on better support, but not in our Rust code, as it's a lot of work and nobody's paying for it.
December 2, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Windows is much more painful, especially for a VCS. IO APIs are slow and insane, all sorts of quirks... I am more familiar with POSIX, but even then Windows always needs the weird hacks. We're working on better support, but not in our Rust code, as it's a lot of work and nobody's paying for it.
Pretty much same, though having stronger programmers to help was/still is a big part of it as well.
November 17, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Pretty much same, though having stronger programmers to help was/still is a big part of it as well.
Feel free to fill the feed with pure tech content!
November 14, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Feel free to fill the feed with pure tech content!