Tilman
banner
tilman.dev
Tilman
@tilman.dev
Software engineer • https://tilman.dev
Reposted by Tilman
** It's happening!! **

We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble

With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back
Eight years later, you still can’t beat a Pebble
ericmigi.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reposted by Tilman
This is an exciting bit of progress in the governance of OCaml. Historically, too many PRs have languished because there wasn't a clear process to get to consensus. I'm hopeful this will help!

discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-lang...
OCaml language committee launched
It is my pleasure to announce the launch of the OCaml language committee. This committee is intended as collegial instance with the aim to facilitate discussions and consensus making about the evoluti...
discuss.ocaml.org
February 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reposted by Tilman
Thread addressing common mistakes when type theorists start using TypeScript:

• 💡 Everything is structurally subtyped, including classes/interfaces
• 💡 Read "x is [not] assignable to T" as "the type of x is [not] a subtype of T"
• ⚠️ `any` means Dyn! if you want ⊤ use `unknown` (and ⊥ is `never`)
February 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Reposted by Tilman
"i love programming with effects. but also i need a dataflow graph of my program. no i don't want to change the language. it should just be normal Python/Javascript." do your hear yourself right now?
February 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Reposted by Tilman
People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.
December 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Reposted by Tilman
YES. For anyone who needs a reminder on how important technology is to humans, I recommend reading "Dream Reaper" by Craig Canine. It's a great story -- and serves as a reminder that without ag tech, we are all in the fields today. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
December 9, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Reposted by Tilman
how it feels to do UI design without a designer
December 4, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Tilman
Here's a practice that sounds aspirational to actually do: a zero-bug policy. But apparently Linear (a nimble competitor to JIRA) is doing just this! Surprising:

As shared by Sabin Roman, the first EM at Linear.

YouTube: youtu.be/AI_UMnTM4o8

Web: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/linear-mov...
December 3, 2024 at 2:26 PM
This reminds me of youtu.be/ourihqHM0SY
November 30, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Reposted by Tilman
A great, somewhat unsettling article about robotics and AI, from the great James Somers.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Revolution in How Robots Learn
A future generation of robots will not be programmed to complete specific tasks. Instead, they will use A.I. to teach themselves.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Reposted by Tilman
Terrible Game Idea: IKEA roguelike. Traverse a maze of furniture, collect random trinkets with unpronounceable names, try to find the exit.
November 27, 2024 at 1:02 PM