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One of my favourite features of the Gleam build tool is that if you try to publish a library with a version 0.x.x, you need to type "I am not using semantic versioning" before it lets you publish
semvers biggest failure is allowing breaking changes in minor and patch changes as long as the major version is zero because now we have projects that just sit at a zero major version for years
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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September 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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absolute scenes
August 31, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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If someone feels like starting to contribute to the Gleam compiler there's this new good first issue! Compilers are not scary, give it a try and see for yourself ⭐️💕
github.com/gleam-lang/g...
Add warning for use of deprecated `if -> ...` syntax · Issue #4906 · gleam-lang/gleam
Right now the compiler allows writing: case wibble { big if -> True // ^^ this should be followed by a guard!! } We can't outright remove the syntax as that would be a breaking change, but we can h...
github.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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would a vampire prefer nectarines or blood oranges
August 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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sorry for being super woke but deposition video of the worlds most famous pedophile invoking the fifth when asked if he ever partied with you and underage girls should be career ending
July 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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US: late imperial psychosis, hegemonic drift, decadent technocracy, elite panic, managed decline, post-legitimacy politics
australia:
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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yule log? yeah, yule log off after reading the rest of my posts
December 22, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Me: this show is boring.

Boss: Again, this is a zoom conference
December 20, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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New blog post! If you are a Kotlin or Java Android developer, this one should make you go 🤯.

www.romainguy.dev/posts/2024/n...

I'm not even sorry.
Naming is Hard
Before we dive into today’s topic, I would like to make it clear that what follows is specific to how Android, and more precisely the Android RunTime (ART), works. Some of what follows applies to othe...
www.romainguy.dev
December 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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Over the past week, I've noticed tons of inauthentic bsky accounts (i.e., fake people) whose profiles all include "grandmother," "artist," "no DMs!" and lots of emojis/acronyms that indicate "liberal values" including 🦋 for some reason?
December 17, 2024 at 10:46 PM