iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

nrc @ncameron.org · 28/09/2026

Yeah, we'll see. I'm in a similar position - I have a lot of Git experience and haven't found JJ to be a huge QoL improvement, but a bunch of folk I respect have and Git can be annoying, so I'm trying to learn it properly.

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nrc @ncameron.org · 27/09/2026

Having gone through Steve’s JJ tutorial, what do I read next? I’m comfy with basic usage, but obviously there’s loads more to learn and I can’t find good resources

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nrc @ncameron.org · 27/09/2026

I haven’t been for a few years, but would like to. Was meant to go a couple of weeks ago, but couldn’t because of my broken arm. I’ll definitely give you a shout if I make it up

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nrc @ncameron.org · 27/09/2026

I think so, I've been back a while now :-) I'm back in Wellington

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nrc @ncameron.org · 26/09/2026

That's so nice to hear! I'm really happy for you! (And congratulations on the book launch!)

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André Arko @indirect.io · 24/09/2026

OH Functional programming is when Rust people read your code and go "what the fuck (laudatory)". Imperative programming is when Rust people read your code and go "what the fuck (derogatory)"

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nrc @ncameron.org · 21/09/2026

The southern hemisphere flu has been horrible this year. Recommend you get the vaccine this time at least

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David P. Reichert @david-p-reichert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A lot of you seem to be strangely occupied with EAs or rationalists or anthropic, but not openai or xai or, like, authoritarian developments in various governments. You sure you're directing your disdain at the biggest problems?

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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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nrc @ncameron.org · 14/09/2026

Y’all are welcome to use my home office if you can get to Wellington

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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 10/09/2026

🧵 Big onstage announcements from @microsoft.com at @rustconf.com: - Rust is now a tier-1 language for internal development at Microsoft - rustc_codegen_utc: a prod-ready compiler backend that brings Rust onto the same Windows-native code generation platform as MSVC 🎉

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nrc @ncameron.org · 10/09/2026

Indonesia leading the way!

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nrc @ncameron.org · 09/09/2026

3 weeks since I broke my arm. In theory, 3 weeks to go till it’s mostly healed

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nrc @ncameron.org · 09/09/2026

So, good alternatives to digital ocean?

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nrc @ncameron.org · 06/09/2026

Historically, this kind of thing goes badly, eg the Belgian Congo. I am not optimistic here

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Michael Gattozzi @mgattozzi.dev · 04/09/2026

Unfortunately a job offer I had fell through due to head count elimination so I am currently on the market for a new job! If you need someone with 11+ years of Rust, backend, and distributed systems experience I am your guy. Contact Email: michael@ductile.systems. Boosting appreciated!

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Chris Krycho @chriskrycho.com · 03/09/2026

We rewrote one internal tool to use Rust (instead of TS/Node) as a proof of concept/trial balloon, and yesterday switched over one of our hourly jobs to use it instead of the TS version that it had been using. Over 10× better memory usage and 10–100× improvement in how fast it runs. 🤩

Bar graph showing timing of an hourly pipeline. It shows a relatively steady state, some growing outliers, and then a huge drop to a new steady state baseline.

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nrc @ncameron.org · 02/09/2026

Genuinely surprised parenting doesn’t turn more people insane

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nrc @ncameron.org · 02/09/2026

I jest, but I found it super useful and I'd love to see more of it!

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nrc @ncameron.org · 02/09/2026

So, more time to finish the JJ tutorial? 😀

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Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That guy is just dogwalking the other dude. do NOT turn your back on a New Zealander. they are sly

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nrc @ncameron.org · 31/08/2026

I have positive experience with Bitwarden and Apple passwords

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nrc @ncameron.org · 29/08/2026

Seriously, I'm not usually a big cycling helmet advocate, but I'd probably be dead or in a very bad way if I wasn't wearing mine. Also, gloves are really important too - I can't imagine how messed up my hands would have been without them

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nrc @ncameron.org · 29/08/2026

I am being a bit quiet on the socials and blog because I broke my arm and messed up my hand a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully, normal service resumes in a few weeks. I came off my bike pretty badly, but luckily the left arm is the only serious damage - wear your helmet, kids!

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nrc @ncameron.org · 29/08/2026

Amazing! Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉

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Shu-yu Guo @rfrn.org · 21/08/2026

i am still hiring! looking for systems programmers and compiler folks to come work on cool low-level VM and JIT compiler things. jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...

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JavaScript Virtual Machine Compiler Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple

Apply for a JavaScript Virtual Machine Compiler Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

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Ira @ira.bailey.nz · 17/08/2026

If you're in Wellington, NZ sometime before November and are keen to work on "Tech for Community" then come to this thing! On every Wednesday 9am-12pm. Hangout with like minded people for Show & Tell + Community Preso + Coffee & Cake followed by building stuff www.tickettailor.com/events/criti...

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RSVP – Community Tech Co-working – 113 Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington

Community Tech Co-working – 113 Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Multiple dates and times - A regular 3hr co-working session over the 3 months for community-minded techies and tech-adjacent creati...

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Predrag Gruevski @predr.ag · 16/08/2026

Rust CI now runs cargo-semver-checks to prevent accidental breakage in the standard library 🦀 If you're wondering why that's important and why it took 15kLoC+, this post is for you. predr.ag/blog/protect...

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Protecting the Rust standard library from accidental breakage

How & why we're running cargo-semver-checks in Rust's CI

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

History is endlessly replete with people assuming that the big affairs of state will remain forever far away right up until those huge forces roar through their town or village, burning and killing. Then suddenly it matters quite a lot. As a pundit or journalist it is *your job* to remind them!

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nrc @ncameron.org · 15/08/2026

NZ health service is absolutely at breaking point. It’s already affecting thousands of people’s quality of life. If the government doesn’t change this year, it will get worse. Many will die, many more will have their lives ruined.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank diverted a spring that was a lifeline for the Palestinian village of Fasayil, cutting irrigation pipes in June and converting it into a tourist attraction, leaving nearby farms barren.

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Israeli settlers divert Palestinian water to fill West Bank pool

On a searing summer day, Israeli settlers splashed in a West Bank pool created by siphoning off water that had irrigated Palestinian crops, one of many seizures of water resources across the occupied...

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nrc @ncameron.org · 03/08/2026

I should have been, I know he’s a hip-hop fan, but still

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nrc @ncameron.org · 03/08/2026

Highly recommend. The low maintenance aspect is hard to walk away from

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nrc @ncameron.org · 03/08/2026

I was not expecting a Run the Jewels reference in this blog post

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Andrew Gallant @burntsushi.net · 29/07/2026

Does anyone know why ripgrep is soooooo much slower on macOS than Linux these days? On the left is my AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS laptop and on the right is my M2 mac mini. Both searching the same revision of Chromium and both are hot in the OS page cache.

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nrc @ncameron.org · 29/07/2026

Middle age for me is all about feeling great (-ish) in the gym, then injuring myself for months by sitting down at the wrong angle or something equally stupid

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Hillel @hillelwayne.com · 29/07/2026

I am delighted to announce that after 5 years of work, 15 early releases, 50,000 words written, and 100,000 more deleted, *Logic for Programmers* is now complete and available in print! Blog post announcement: www.hillelwayne.com/post/lfp/ Website: logicforprogrammers.com

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Logic for Programmers

Practical math for the working programmer.

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nrc @ncameron.org · 29/07/2026

There's exactly one reason that doctors and lawyers are well-paid professions, and it is because they have been particular good at "fuck you for not being in" (which I'm not saying is a good thing objectively or for society, or even for doctors and lawyers entirely, but it is why they're well-paid)

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nrc @ncameron.org · 29/07/2026

On one hand, this (the post and the thread) is absolutely true and valid. On the other, 'letting more people in' is a strategy of the management class for lowering wages. That and the equivalent but with AI is what has made me a lot colder on "we need to let more people in".

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nrc @ncameron.org · 29/07/2026

Yep! I've been pushing for more intermediate education resources since basically forever. However, I think making them is probably the hardest level - to me at least, beginner and advanced audiences feel much easier to cater for

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Ben Dickson @drbenomycin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I definitely know some Auckland based nerds who might be interested in this...

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nrc @ncameron.org · 23/07/2026

Can anyone recommend good non-beginner tutorials for using LLMs for SWE? I'm pretty comfortable so well past the beginner tutorials, but feel like I'm a long way from being an expert user.

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nrc @ncameron.org · 22/07/2026

Yep! I would be extremely surprised if this actually happened. It’s possible that somebody else does it, leading to a fork. I feel that that is also more likely than in the pre-AI times

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nrc @ncameron.org · 22/07/2026

Almost giving the finger as it died was a beautiful touch

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Rav @rvbdrm.com · 22/07/2026

Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.

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