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It’s probably obvious by now, but I no longer consider cross posting here to be worth the effort, so I’ll only do it if I really want to share something. Most of my new posts, that aren’t simply replies or commentary, will be on Mastodon. @webboy42" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">feral.cafe/@webboy42

@CeresFallen To me, “working hard without complaint” sounds like stubbornly refusing to ask for help if you encounter problems while working. But, if no one realizes you have a problem, how the fuck will they realize you need help?

@CeresFallen Yes, I think the OP conveniently ignored that depression or other circumstances can make it difficult or impossible to do most, if not all, the things on that list. In fact, I recently had an experience where expressing my frustration led to input no one thought to offer before.

It’s easy to say something like this when most of your words don’t disappear into a void and people don’t constantly treat offers of assistance, and unsolicited assistance, as a greeting to you on the street.

Maybe we’d build a healthier reading culture if people spent more time championing books they love rather than publicly humiliating the ones they don’t. Not every book is written for every reader. That’s fine. But the constant sneering around “bad” books or mocking people for what they enjoy reading creates an atmosphere where readers feel judged instead of welcomed. Reading for pleasure should never feel like a test. In the National Year of Reading 2026 and the message to GO ALL IN, this matters more than ever. If we want more people to read, discover bookshops, take chances on stories and build lifelong reading habits, then enthusiasm will always achieve more than literary snobbery.

If only people would criticize my writing, because until they do, I write in a vacuum where improvement is next to impossible.

Jessica’s friend, Hope, has been avoiding her for the last month. Now, Jessica wants to know why. She had no idea what she’d be asking of Hope when she decided to find out. #UrbanFantasy #ShapeShifter #ShortStory @webboy42/her-friends-a-night-mare-c4e7f6a98191" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@webboy42/her-…

@pointfreeco I never would’ve thought of sharing an executor between related actors, but what an elegant solution it is under the right circumstances.

We explore actor “reentrancy” and how adding async to actor methods open you up to race conditions. This problem also shows up when naively communicating between actors, but we can make actor communication completely synchronous. 👉 pointfree.co/episodes/ep363…

The courts should stop treating driving bans like they're this big hardship. If you kill or even seriously injure someone while driving, the ban should be for life. Take the bus and cry me a fucking river.

A to Z, earliest to latest, smallest to largest, and so on. It really isn’t that difficult to describe the effects of a sort rather than lazily slapping on an arrow or ascending/descending label. It’s easy to use sophisticated language, but harder to be clear.

In this Medium article, I tell the story of how I came to be a cis-man wearing skirts. @webboy42/full-circle-with-skirts-2a3638bf0929" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@webboy42/full…

@wolfman1360 A lot of my posts disappear into the void on Mastodon, as they do here, but I’ve found more of the engagement to be meaningful and positive there.

@wolfman1360 Mastodon can be much quieter than here, so if you want to escape boredom, Mastodon won’t be a good match, unless you already know a lot of people there.

@CeresFallen I’m sure the orange skidmark very much wants the oil, but I heard recently that there’s an island controlled by Iran that he’d also like to add to his real estate portfolio.

What about a wig that incorporates a cute ponytail? I’d love one of those.

@pointfreeco I can’t say I’ve ever been confused or frustrated with Swift’s modern concurrency, because I habitually push the compiler to its limits and usually find a way to achieve the result I want. I’m looking forward to this series though, because I know I can always learn more.

What is “isolation” in Swift? And why does understanding it matter? It turns out many frustrations developers encounter in Swift concurrency evaporate when they internalize the concept. These videos are going to go beyond basics, so let’s get into it: pointfree.co/episodes/ep357…

I just published my second Medium article. In this article, I present alternatives to a design patten beloved by enterprise software developers: data transfer objects. @webboy42/most-dtos-are-boilerplate-nonsense-6d219ab487e3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@webboy42/most…

@1Password I can’t believe you jacked up the annual subscription by over AUD$20. You’ve had a complete disregard for accessibility, ever since you decided to use fucking Electron, or whatever that pile of shit is, for the Mac app. Don’t expect me to continue paying.

"Six Rape Tropes and How to Replace Them" by Chris Winkle via @mythcreants #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips mythcreants.com/?p=27917

Losing a pet can be as painful as any other bereavement – but there are some differences | Ahona Guha | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@pointfreeco I’m wondering whether you’ll be exploring the changes as thoroughly as you did developing the original framework. I love the videos that demonstrate the techniques behind your frameworks, because they can be more broadly applicable than the frameworks themselves.

We’ll be giving more and more sneak peeks at Composable Architecture 2.0 in episodes soon! We plan on having guides and AI skills for migration.