Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 15/09/2026I'm at IEEE Quantum Week in Toronto, happy to chat, come say hi :) #IEEEQuantumWeek 050
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 31/03/2026Making human languages irrelevant rakhim.exotext.com/making-human... 030
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 23/03/2026Wow, creating a Gmail account after you've created a generic Google account still looks like this! 020
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 19/03/2026This is a WILD take, but hear me out: Related UI elements should not appear unrelated rakhim.exotext.com/related-ui-e... 140
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 18/03/2026Game dev is the only area of programming where bugs often create hilarious effects 070
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 17/03/2026Amazing high quality high definition maps by Tom Patterson shadedrelief.com 021
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 16/03/2026FilePilot is an amazing piece of software for Windows, and there is nothing quite like it for any other OS yet. But Forklift on macOS is pretty close. 140
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 12/03/2026Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful rakhim.exotext.com/windows-11-e... An attempt to use Windows 11 as the main workstation for a couple of months. The good and the bad. 270
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 11/03/2026Windows resizing is bad on Tahoe? Meanwhile Windows 11: 010
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 05/03/202620 docker contains vs. single DB IDE RAM shortage is real 120
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 03/03/2026I like how cybersecurity stocks are crashing as more and more inherently unsecure AI products are hitting the markets. (pictured below is wisdom tree cyber security etf, which holds stuff like crowdstrike, palo alto networks, datadog, akamai, etc.) 240
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 16/02/2026Modern UI is clean and invisible? Ha, I wish! rakhim.exotext.com/modern-ui-is... 130
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 14/02/2026My god... I've been living in a bubble all this time... Default system font stack in browsers looks absolutely atrocious on Windows... 110
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 12/02/2026Remembering my past life in Ottawa in 2007-2012, some photos I took that capture the vibe 1110
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 09/02/202616k+ page hits from bots in just a few minutes today. I'm tired of fighting this. I think I'll make Minifeed mostly private - for logged in users only. Sad. 010
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 13/01/2026I miss good old internet forums. Some are still around, but it’s hard to get into established communities. I was thinking what if we start a new forum built on our own simple open source code? We’d have classic areas like tech, gaming, movies, hobbies. NO politics. Would you consider joining? 250
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 09/01/2026Found some of my old iPhone screenshots of google maps circa 2011 050
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 08/01/2026I don't know tbh... but it would be interesting to explore this kind of stuff 130
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 08/01/2026I really dislike how the closing elements in all programming languages provide zero info about what they're closing. 450
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 05/01/2026I have never seen a good implementation of WYSIWYG combined with markdown. Gitlab's comment editor is infuriating. 150
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 17/11/2025Alarm is sacred, must not fail, but iOS 26 is wicked rakhim.exotext.com/alarm-is-sac... 140
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 05/11/2025For the longest time I thought sitcom means “sitting comedy” because they always sit on sofas 2110
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 30/10/2025Pretty cool Bloch sphere visualizer/simulator bloch.kherb.io 031
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 23/10/2025Can't authenticate into your Oracle cloud account with a weird "That name didn't work" error? The solution is behind authentication! Can't make this stuff up... support.oracle.com/knowledge/Or... 120
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 18/10/2025Made a musician's homepage for my wife tashabass.com Check out her unusual music 0100
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 16/10/2025Therac-25 was involved in at least 6 accidents between 1985 and 1987. Because of race conditions, it sometimes gave its patients radiation doses that were hundreds of times greater than normal, resulting in death or serious injury. 100
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 15/10/2025Electricity distribution company seem anxious. "Hello!?" 1110
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 13/10/2025Pro tip: turn off garbage collection in Python for an immediate performance boost! Follow me for more professional engineering advice 210
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 09/10/2025Built a simple tool to analyze the maintenance status of python packages: pyvet.rakhim.org Just to get an overview when deciding to bring some new dependency into your project. Take the output with a huge grain of salt! 030
Rakhim Davletkali @rakhim.org · 08/10/2025Integrate 18 random scientific Python libraries written by researchers into production environment 080