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Sean Coates
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Tricking software into working since the 1980s.

I do all kinds of tech things. Here you'll find: rants, ops/devops, web, iOS, microcontrollers, electronics, food, beer […]

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@ramsey @kboyd “push to forcibly inject reality" would have been useful at some meetings…
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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@Mutedog @alessandro I wish it had hands with which to be caught redly.
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
sean.scoat.es.ap.brid.gy
@Mutedog I agree, partly; ( @alessandro said something similar).

There was definitely a more stable era sometime between when we mostly stopped running our own servers and… a month ago, though.
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
sean.scoat.es.ap.brid.gy
Calling it. 😢
Same thyme plant, barely poking through the snow.
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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@ocramius https://scoat.es/@sean/114184348567758156
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Psst: charge quadruple for cleaning up after someone who thought they could use trendy toy-tools instead of hiring someone like you in the first place.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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@ramsey Softbank still has other AI holdings, so I'm not totally sure. None of this feels good.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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@evan Maybe @Jeff (or a little farther away @tantramar ) would have a good connection for you.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
sean.scoat.es.ap.brid.gy
Filed my first #swift Compiler crash bug report. I'll stop bothering y'all with this now. (-:

https://github.com/swiftlang/swift/issues/85377
If a ~Copyable initializer can exit before assigning all properties, the compiler can crash · Issue #85377 · swiftlang/swift
Description This is distilled down from a much larger in-situ example. It seems that the compiler will crash on an incorrect assertion when a non-Copyable type exits init (either through init? … re...
github.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
sean.scoat.es.ap.brid.gy
Okay! Got it small enough to post here!

```swift
struct NoCrashy: ~Copyable {
let record: Bool
init?() {
self.record = true
guard false else { return nil }
}
}
```

```swift
struct Crashy: ~Copyable {
let record: Bool
init?() {
guard false else { return nil }
// also happens if this throws […]
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November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
sean.scoat.es.ap.brid.gy
#swift Compiler Golf:
Just scored a good one.

❯ swiftly run swiftc Crashy.swift 2>&1 \
| grep 'and include the crash backtrace' \
&& git commit -m"golf" Crashy.swift
Please submit a bug report (https://swift.org/contributing/#reporting-bugs) and include the crash backtrace.
[main 7e68cdd] golf […]
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November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM