Chris Armstrong
@chrisarmstrong.link
Software developer. Javascript/TypeScript, AWS. OCaml my camel. other tech stuff.
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Blog: https://www.chrisarmstrong.dev
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Blog: https://www.chrisarmstrong.dev
A camel and the rock (pun intended)
September 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A camel and the rock (pun intended)
amazing. I can now write code and get hideously drunk on mulled wine and call it the same thing
August 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
amazing. I can now write code and get hideously drunk on mulled wine and call it the same thing
A good loaf (thanks 15 year old youtube)
July 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A good loaf (thanks 15 year old youtube)
What fucked up shit is this?
June 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What fucked up shit is this?
We created *American Psycho* as the machine, able to churn hundreds of the same soulless music reviews that separated its chapters.
May 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We created *American Psycho* as the machine, able to churn hundreds of the same soulless music reviews that separated its chapters.
oh that might explain why I can't use zig to build an OCaml cross-compiler for Mac (from this completely unrelated article on yak shaving www.dra27.uk/blog/platfor...)
![“this test fails on macOS, FreeBSD and OpenBSD” to “this test fails if the assembler is LLVM’s internal assembler [which happens to be the case on macOS, FreeBSD and OpenBSD]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z7heja2ikoirrdgojzhovh4p/bafkreibp4uv2untu2yu3zrzusb67j3lddhfgsslvmdrkk4jjijoyf57oxu@jpeg)
May 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
oh that might explain why I can't use zig to build an OCaml cross-compiler for Mac (from this completely unrelated article on yak shaving www.dra27.uk/blog/platfor...)
Reading between the lines: loans are backed by dozens of smaller loans *to similarly indebted businesses*, which will maximise exposure in the case of a severe economic downturn.
(from ft.pressreader.com/v99c/2025052...)
(from ft.pressreader.com/v99c/2025052...)
May 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Reading between the lines: loans are backed by dozens of smaller loans *to similarly indebted businesses*, which will maximise exposure in the case of a severe economic downturn.
(from ft.pressreader.com/v99c/2025052...)
(from ft.pressreader.com/v99c/2025052...)
The same debate being had with the loss of junior engineer positions and the increased use of AI in software development
May 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The same debate being had with the loss of junior engineer positions and the increased use of AI in software development
Copilot is way out of line
April 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Copilot is way out of line
when you check in on the other languages
March 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
when you check in on the other languages
A little ironic that more than 30 years after the Soviet Union collapsed and the "red menace" has long died, the real ideological threat from Russia is crony capitalism
(from www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...)
(from www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...)
![quote: “There is a radicalisation on the left and right,” he said. “Die AfD and [far-left] BSW [Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance] are pro-Putin, fighting against democracy, and against Europe. [It’s because] we have severe problems, with the war in Ukraine, and a weak economy.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z7heja2ikoirrdgojzhovh4p/bafkreieq2osrgxq6x2npecl6nbl73y43havoqqhirk64ni3ludhqovyze4@jpeg)
February 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A little ironic that more than 30 years after the Soviet Union collapsed and the "red menace" has long died, the real ideological threat from Russia is crony capitalism
(from www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...)
(from www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...)
my mind makes associations in strange ways
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgAs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgAs...
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
my mind makes associations in strange ways
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgAs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgAs...