Calvin
@wrongbits.bsky.social
“The Jane Goodall of Cats”
Passionate about mathematics, language, and the Web
📍 slc, ut • 🏳️🌈 he/him
Maintainer @electronjs.org
Passionate about mathematics, language, and the Web
📍 slc, ut • 🏳️🌈 he/him
Maintainer @electronjs.org
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It's official! 🏛️ 🎉 The SF Board of Supervisors has unanimously declared October 22, 2025 as Internet Archive Day — celebrating our 1️⃣ trillion webpages preserved & our mission to provide universal access to all knowledge.
Learn more & celebrate with us tonight! ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
Learn more & celebrate with us tonight! ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's official! 🏛️ 🎉 The SF Board of Supervisors has unanimously declared October 22, 2025 as Internet Archive Day — celebrating our 1️⃣ trillion webpages preserved & our mission to provide universal access to all knowledge.
Learn more & celebrate with us tonight! ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
Learn more & celebrate with us tonight! ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
mass marketed fast fashion slur sweaters, just in time for the holiday season!
September 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
mass marketed fast fashion slur sweaters, just in time for the holiday season!
The Transit app’s 6.0 design is so beautifully squishy and playful
September 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The Transit app’s 6.0 design is so beautifully squishy and playful
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In 2025 we already have more PRs merged than in the whole of 2024!
2024 PRs: 1,771
2025 PRs: 1,983*
*At the last count of the data this month.
2024 PRs: 1,771
2025 PRs: 1,983*
*At the last count of the data this month.
September 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In 2025 we already have more PRs merged than in the whole of 2024!
2024 PRs: 1,771
2025 PRs: 1,983*
*At the last count of the data this month.
2024 PRs: 1,771
2025 PRs: 1,983*
*At the last count of the data this month.
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These developers believed in Zed enough to contribute their time and expertise for months.
We're honored they're now our colleagues:
zed.dev/blog/hired-t...
We're honored they're now our colleagues:
zed.dev/blog/hired-t...
Hired Through GitHub: Part 1 - Zed Blog
From the Zed Blog: Stories from the open source contributors who became core team members.
zed.dev
September 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
These developers believed in Zed enough to contribute their time and expertise for months.
We're honored they're now our colleagues:
zed.dev/blog/hired-t...
We're honored they're now our colleagues:
zed.dev/blog/hired-t...
can’t believe I spent all that effort clipping my nails in my dreams last night, only to still need to do them this morning. they really need to fix that bug
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
can’t believe I spent all that effort clipping my nails in my dreams last night, only to still need to do them this morning. they really need to fix that bug
Instagram is getting too comfortable advertising f-slur jerseys on my feed
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Instagram is getting too comfortable advertising f-slur jerseys on my feed
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Excited that the new `corner-shape` CSS property is bringing smooth curvature to the web! However, it makes `border-radius` feel less natural to use :(
These three boxes have different corner shapes, yet they share the same `border-radius`:
These three boxes have different corner shapes, yet they share the same `border-radius`:
August 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excited that the new `corner-shape` CSS property is bringing smooth curvature to the web! However, it makes `border-radius` feel less natural to use :(
These three boxes have different corner shapes, yet they share the same `border-radius`:
These three boxes have different corner shapes, yet they share the same `border-radius`:
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ME: hey so what's this process consuming all my CPU
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ME: hey so what's this process consuming all my CPU
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
Oddly specific doodle: a friendlier confirm/revert dialog for when your display is rotated
August 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Oddly specific doodle: a friendlier confirm/revert dialog for when your display is rotated
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⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: Beyond Booleans
Beyond Booleans — overreacted
What is the type of 2 + 2 = 4?
overreacted.io
August 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: Beyond Booleans
The Rhombus programming language features the metaprogramming power of Scheme, but instead of using lots of parentheses and lists, its structure is reminiscent of simple data formats like JSON or KDL and ergonomic languages like Python.
docs.racket-lang.org/rhombus/Rhom...
docs.racket-lang.org/rhombus/Rhom...
August 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Rhombus programming language features the metaprogramming power of Scheme, but instead of using lots of parentheses and lists, its structure is reminiscent of simple data formats like JSON or KDL and ergonomic languages like Python.
docs.racket-lang.org/rhombus/Rhom...
docs.racket-lang.org/rhombus/Rhom...
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okay well kpop demon hunters soundtrack has been stuck in my head for a week straight now
August 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
okay well kpop demon hunters soundtrack has been stuck in my head for a week straight now
babe wake up, new @notion.com stylesheet just dropped! checkboxes are finally round!
August 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
babe wake up, new @notion.com stylesheet just dropped! checkboxes are finally round!
They definitely put something in the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack... I hit play and my burnout disappeared
August 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
They definitely put something in the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack... I hit play and my burnout disappeared
New PB! 5K in 24:45 😁🏅
August 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New PB! 5K in 24:45 😁🏅
(inquisitively) hog mode?
July 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
(inquisitively) hog mode?
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ECMAScript excitement 😉
Congrats to @bakkot.com on advancing UInt8Array ↔️ Base64/Hex to Stage 4 at TC39 this week 🎉
UInt8Array.prototype.
toBase64
toHex
UInt8Array.
fromBase64
fromHex
It lets you convert directly between binary data and Base64/Hex strings 👍
Congrats to @bakkot.com on advancing UInt8Array ↔️ Base64/Hex to Stage 4 at TC39 this week 🎉
UInt8Array.prototype.
toBase64
toHex
UInt8Array.
fromBase64
fromHex
It lets you convert directly between binary data and Base64/Hex strings 👍
![let arr = new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100]);
console.log(arr.toBase64());
// 'SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ='
console.log(arr.toHex());
// '48656c6c6f20576f726c64'
let string = 'SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=';
console.log(Uint8Array.fromBase64(string));
// Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100])
string = '48656c6c6f20576f726c64';
console.log(Uint8Array.fromHex(string));
// Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100])](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w227epg3attqnssfdkx6ex6a/bafkreihrq4aegp6a5gtlqnkcox5w6eblthyvnz66w6gf53mvuh4fsr3254@jpeg)
July 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
ECMAScript excitement 😉
Congrats to @bakkot.com on advancing UInt8Array ↔️ Base64/Hex to Stage 4 at TC39 this week 🎉
UInt8Array.prototype.
toBase64
toHex
UInt8Array.
fromBase64
fromHex
It lets you convert directly between binary data and Base64/Hex strings 👍
Congrats to @bakkot.com on advancing UInt8Array ↔️ Base64/Hex to Stage 4 at TC39 this week 🎉
UInt8Array.prototype.
toBase64
toHex
UInt8Array.
fromBase64
fromHex
It lets you convert directly between binary data and Base64/Hex strings 👍
Category theory formalization in Literate Agda 😮
1lab.dev
1lab.dev
1Lab - 1Lab
A formalised, explorable online resource for Homotopy Type Theory.
1lab.dev
July 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Category theory formalization in Literate Agda 😮
1lab.dev
1lab.dev
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fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
July 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
This is what the internet was created for:
July 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is what the internet was created for:
Re: Adding Non-standard Features to Electron
github.com/electron/ele...
github.com/electron/ele...
fix: corner smoothing feature gate crash by clavin · Pull Request #47759 · electron/electron
Description of Change
There was a crash in third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/properties/longhands/longhands_custom.cc from parsing the -electron-corner-smoothing CSS property when the property wa...
github.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Re: Adding Non-standard Features to Electron
github.com/electron/ele...
github.com/electron/ele...
Dia finally has the tab sidebar! 🙌 Since picking up Dia, I’ve been reminded how handy the classic tab strip is when I only have a few tabs open. Now, with the reintroduction of the sidebar, managing a ton of tabs is a much better experience again--no more favicon alphabet soup.
youtu.be/5vexXIjRbyQ
youtu.be/5vexXIjRbyQ
Dia. Now with a sidebar.
YouTube video by The Browser Company
youtu.be
July 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Dia finally has the tab sidebar! 🙌 Since picking up Dia, I’ve been reminded how handy the classic tab strip is when I only have a few tabs open. Now, with the reintroduction of the sidebar, managing a ton of tabs is a much better experience again--no more favicon alphabet soup.
youtu.be/5vexXIjRbyQ
youtu.be/5vexXIjRbyQ