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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 11h

I still write code as a hobby. But at least in my country, it's very much the case that no one is writing code anymore. Every company over here is pouring money on tokens. Bosses are even firing employees who don't know how to use Codex/Claude Code. youtu.be/OuNKBjuV7A4

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DHH has gone completely off the rails...

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 29/09/2026

My current workflow Laptop screen: monitoring agents External monitor: code review + doing my own things

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Every Chinese computer science student starts from here

I just one-shot this video based on FFrames, using GLM-5.3-Flash on my own agent (Shuvarie). Not exactly what I wished for but it's cool!

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I just finished watching DHH's keynote. I think it's fascinating. I don't agree on all his points, but I enjoyed listening to them. And I also encourage those DHH critics to listen. You don't need to agree with him, but just study why he gets to this point.

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Unpopular opinion: I agree with DHH that Rust is ugly. tbh even I often struggle to read Rust code though I have been writing Rust for a few years

The motivation for me to build my own agent (Shuvarie) is my frustration when I was using OpenCode. Broken tools that AI struggled to call, limited virtual scrolling, Bun eating RAM (~300MiB on startup), and... sidebar on the right...

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In hindsight, I start to think many of Zig's design choices actually make sense. Such as no string type (lightweight "strings" with no UTF-8 runes baked in), payload capture, error handling syntax, try and catch, allocator parameters, ... It's actually a great language.

Idiots Are Everywhere. Here’s How to Cope | Joshua Johnson | TED

"Idiots..." [Laughter] "...are everywhere..." [Laughter] 😂😂 btw good talk youtu.be/ElYYD7Wx2WE

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TIL Odin's naming convention is Ada case 🤯 I have no idea what Ada code looks like

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I think I should open a blog, so I can write long articles. I haven't written long articles in English for a long time.

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Unpopular opinion: Dedicated plan mode is a waste. You can just tell AI "Let's plan what to do first. Wait for my signal to build" after your main content

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I'm still observing how far Omarchy can go (in terms of tech). I don't care about DHH's political views. In my eyes, Omarchy is just a passion project morphed into a business league-based AI agentic way. I'm still using my Arch flavor (not a distro) because Omarchy was (is) too opinionated for me.

Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 26/09/2026

I just thought about something off when I'm listening to it. I think it is painting to camera is evolving from non-deterministic (hand work) to deterministic (machinery), while programming to vibing is one non-deterministic (hand work) to another non-deterministic (prediction) youtu.be/vDjW_dRyKXY

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Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote - DHH

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 25/09/2026

Happy mid-autumn festival 🥮 Today's dinner... and weird Fresh Meat in Rich Broth mooncake

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 24/09/2026

Using Turso database via Tokio's Toasty ORM is insanely good

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 23/09/2026

"Hello! Nice to meet you." Jev: you. 🤷‍♂️

Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 22/09/2026

rushing to 0.2.1 github.com/shuvarie/shu...

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 22/09/2026

Shuvarie 0.2.0 is compiling

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 20/09/2026

slash command vs colon command why not both?

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 19/09/2026

one reason why using ai for writing code works for me: it raises the bar for procrastination

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Reposted by Charles Dong

Rust Language @rust-lang.org · 17/09/2026

⚠️ We believe that there is an ongoing campaign targeting owners of popular crates and rust-lang team members that is attempting to compromise devices and accounts in order to use them to publish malware. See our blog post for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/17/t...

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Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans | Rust Blog

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 17/09/2026

Windows is slow on everywhere

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 16/09/2026

Great thing happening tomorrow

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Charles Dong @chardoncs.dev · 16/09/2026

I noticed that I'm interested in tech than ever before I was losing interest when I worked 9-9-6, and regaining interest after I lost my job