This article aims to take you through the journey of creating a Game Boy emulator in OCaml.

generally I loathe this kinda writing, but found this idea/framing useful especially when contextualized within the space of the attention economy

A wide ranging talk about the role of universities with regards to AI – centers are Illich’s Tools for Conviviality.

Despite all this effort, the system still failed. In collaboration with MIT Technology Review and Trouw, we set out to understand why. We obtained unprecedented access to the system, the officials who built it, and the critics who fought against it.

Ivan’s vector library

quick write up on an approach to compiling OCaml code for weird targets, very very approachable

Open source tile editor for game dev

Microsoft’s 9f implementation from WSL.

Hyperwood is an open-source system for crafting furniture from simple

This means it’s finally possible to build and deploy iOS apps from Linux and Windows (WSL). At the same time, xtool is SwiftPM-based and fully declarative, which means you can also use it to replace Xcode on macOS for building iOS software!

It’s becoming increasingly apparent that one of the reasons why tech companies are so enthusiastic about shoving AI into every product and service is that they fundamentally do not understand why people dislike AI.

Complete, approachable guide to sensemaking

NSG’s website – they make netrunner

Useful resources for playing netrunner

But some time in the past couple of years I had learnt that in order to avoid procrastination we have to develop empathy for our future selves. Yes by putting off the dishes I am avoiding that discomfort for as long as I can, but I am adding to the suffering of my future self.