On "subsetting"
A quote, with some good insights about the evolution of (programming) languages If we were to follow Rich Hickey's advice, we'd only ever accrete our APIs, never removing old functions, never…
Agam Brahma
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Sharing repository file context
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While tools like Cursor should be able to satisfy everything you might want to do in a repository, to build, to enhance, to fix, to investigate, whatever -- you might want a second opinion. Gemini is…
Playing with Julia
Google Colab now supports Julia, so I gave it a spin Take a look here: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1t18zqNOqQujzn2czr-bMILf6vHhLxXtY?usp=sharing Then make your own! (I plan to use this…
A note about my blogs
Getting Ghostty to work with Tmux-in-SSH
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Context I've been using Ghostty locally for fun + profit. By default, I found that my workflow of SSH-in somewhere and run a TMUX session there was broken. The error I got was: missing or unsu…
Monthly Recap: January 2025
Major Update Finally learned how to solve a Rubik's cube [thanks to a helpful Youtube video] Other Update(s) * Back to hiking * New glasses * Conclusion of the car accident I had the month…
From Idea to App Store: a 1-month iOS project
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I had this nagging little idea for an app for a while. I wanted a simple, visual way to keep memos to myself – a mix of images and text – always readily available, on my phone's home screens. Pr…
Monthly Recap: December 2024
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Major Update * Family trip to Spain * Barcelona, Madrid, Granada, Seville * Day trips to Toledo, Montserrat * Memorable visits: Sagrada Familia, Retiro…
Monthly Recap: November 2024
Major Update Joined Cerebras Systems Other Updates(s) * Tara's birthday -- turned 10 (!!) * Didn't go anywhere for Thanksgiving * Lots of meeting up with people * Various home issues -…
The Parent Privilege
A lot of talk about “privilege” has (at least in recent years) been linked to race — but privilege comes in different shapes and sizes. One form of privilege that I have (greatly!) enjoyed is support…
Getting past a ghost Apple ID
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(In case anyone else has run into this problem, let me just describe how I fixed it) I wanted to reset my macbook before giving it away (have done something similar before, for ipad/iphone etc over t…
Monthly Recap: October 2024
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Major update * Went on a really long run * Felt great * Also injured my foot a bit ... Minor update(s) * A great day out with my daughter with m…