Reposted by Gergely BalintGrumpy Fish @jnsq.org · 15/08/2026For most of my career the only consistent definition of firmware was that it was the result of electrical engineers being allowed to use C compilers unsupervised, but now some of it is getting written in Rust. 325914
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 29/05/2026reading comments under a @bsky.app announcement post should be a form of punishment 020
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 29/05/2026local computer nerd saves the day by fixing the gas boiler - spending zero tokens on the task 020
Reposted by Gergely Balintdame @dame.is · 25/05/2026The Pope on AI: “Among these ideologies, I consider particularly insidious the one that suggests that every person must earn or justify his or her own worth, to the point of attributing greater value to those who are more efficient or effective.” 15710
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 14/05/2026found a company claiming they dont use lie detectors in their recruitment process ...but only in Massachusetts, as it's illegal there 000
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 10/05/2026something to look forward to, after all the slop-report-shenanigans 010
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Hungary made history: Orban just admitted defeat 031
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 05/04/202633417 store paths deleted, 52814.92 MiB freed must felt so good for the laptop 020
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 04/04/2026whats the recommended order of steps in learning nix? 110
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 10/03/2026slop arbitrageurs make sure all slop-demand is met 100
Reposted by Gergely BalintJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 27/02/2026not once have I ever needed a text message or email summarized in my entire fucking life 141739295
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 09/02/2026how can Michaul Burry simultanously: - short $NVDA and other tech stocks - post AI generated articles about how great Claude Code is 000
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I find it quite entertaining how a somewhat niche social media site’s uptick in verifications is an indicator that Something Will Happen 010
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 11/01/2026the masculine urge to overcaffeinate yourself on an uneventful sunday afternoon 000
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 09/01/2026put black sesame seed on anything for michelin-level plating 110
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 09/01/2026openvibe.social: an app where you can interact both with LLM haters (mastodon) and LLM enjoyers (bluesky) 000
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 01/01/2026TIL that nix has security checks when installing packages just got warned abt a UI library built on top of an outdated chromium 100
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 23/11/2025another one opened, and one more is in construction… 020
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 15/11/2025you know all the coffee-science is solved when @jameshoffmann.bsky.social is grinding stones in his coffee grinders for fun 010
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 13/11/2025we need this but as an open database, usable by other tools 060
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 10/11/2025> subscribe to us pol labeler > look at discover feed > it’s us pol 000
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 25/10/2025hot take: nix is great, but NixOS is borderline unusable 2131
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Recently started using graphite.dev for managing stacked PRs. The CLI part that helps manage these branches is pretty useful. But there is the other 95% of the features: - a new (albeit slightly better) implementation of GitHub's UI - AI codereview I guess you can't sell a few git commands... 110
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 15/10/2025very excited about walking up a big rock next week 000
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The good thing about ATorment nexus is that it’s an indepent appview, not just another frontend 0141
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 23/09/2025not me realizing at night that my 1200 line BOLT PR might need to handle even more edge cases 010
Reposted by Gergely BalintMatt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org · 16/09/2025Of course we only need one, really :) github.com/xoreaxeaxeax...github.comGitHub - xoreaxeaxeax/movfuscator: The single instruction C compilerThe single instruction C compiler. Contribute to xoreaxeaxeax/movfuscator development by creating an account on GitHub. 4223
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 14/09/2025me after cancelling today's hike for weather reasons 010
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Giving @leaflet.pub a go. Honest answer to why I shoot film for now. #filmphotography bgergely0.leaflet.pub/3lyrysc5j622xbgergely0.leaflet.pubReflections on shooting film - Gergely's Notes 030
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 13/09/2025when something is in nixpkgs: best experience when something isn’t: here is 5 workarounds you can try 🤠 120
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 13/09/2025setting up Tresorit on NixOS was definately painful but now that it’s up and syncing, life’s wonderful 200
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 10/09/2025a 5th coffee shop just opened in the 200m radius of my apartment, no way this is real I feel like the guy in Big Short 010
Gergely Balint @bgergely0.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Typing "li" into the seach bar extended to linkedin, instead of @lichess.org. I will take this as a warning, and rethink some decisions 010
