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Zan Baldwin

@zanbaldwin.com
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Immigrant human-person (nu een buitenlander in NL); she/they. Development: 🐘 & 🦀 “You can’t quote yourself, that’s stupid.” — Me, 2019 zanbaldwin.com/resume.pdf

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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 17h
okay but hear me out
Screenshot of Rust Lang's GitHub repository page, with the text and labels replaced by language styled from AO3.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 20/09/2026
I feel like I’ve missed out on a whole year of good music by not being subscribed to Spotify. They should pay artists more, but damn their discoverability algorithms are on fire 🔥
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 31/08/2026
hospitals are stupid and i hate them and want cheering up
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 23/08/2026
I know I'm years late to the party, but Chapelle Roan's music fucking slaps
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 05/08/2026
Saw the new Spiderman film today and I haven’t seen anyone talk about how aesthetically pleasing and well-designed the end credits are. I’ve never really paid attention to that before, but damn.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 04/08/2026
AI can do so so much good in the world, but it's being used to widen the poverty gap instead of doing good. AI isn't the problem, capitalism is the problem.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 24/07/2026
lukekanies.com/writing/buil...
lukekanies.com
Luke Kanies | Building on ATProto
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 09/07/2026
"the WordPress team have been too busy cleaning up after their mad God-Emperor to take a look" is the greatest comment I have read this summer 😂 shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07...
shkspr.mobi
A bug which only affected left-handed users
Verily, some of our brethren (and sistren) be afflicted with a sinister disposition. While the righteous scroll using the thumb of their right hand - as is good and proper - an accurs'd minority swing...
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 05/07/2026
Volume 10 is greenlit and I am a very happy person ❤️ #RWBY x.com/OfficialRWBY...
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RWBY (@OfficialRWBY) on X
RWBY Volume 10 has officially been greenlit! Thank you so much for your patience, passion, and continued support throughout the years. We know it’s been a long wait, but trust us: it’ll be worth it ❤...
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 23/06/2026
I'm diving deep into @atproto.com this week and I'm wearing my tinfoil hat all the way, baabyyyy!
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 17/06/2026
Parsers are an interesting topic; #nom has always been my favourite Rust crate for a reason. Now Pratt parsing comes to #Twig! 🥳 Now I want to write my own extension just to play with it 🤔
symfony.com
New in Twig 4.0: Expression Parsers (Symfony Blog)
Twig 4.0 replaces the getOperators() array with expression parser classes, all driven by one small and beautiful parsing algorithm.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 16/06/2026
wait wait wait. i thought that image of a giant UFC fighting arena on the white house lawn was just ai generated nonsense but i just saw it on the news ... IT'S NOT FAKE?! THAT'S HAPPENING FOR REAL?!
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 15/06/2026
I have trained myself to think CapsLock = Escape, and CapsLock+Space = run an application, that I genuinely struggle to use a computer normally. What do you mean CapsLock makes the letters big? Wow you peasants have it rough. This is a #Kanata appreciation post.
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GitHub - jtroo/kanata: Improve keyboard comfort and usability with advanced customization
Improve keyboard comfort and usability with advanced customization - jtroo/kanata
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 13/06/2026
#Noctalia v5 is SOOOO GOOOOD and it's not even stable yet github.com/noctalia-dev... it's been ages since I was this excited about an open-source project
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GitHub - noctalia-dev/noctalia: A sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtfully crafted for Wayland.
A sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtfully crafted for Wayland. - noctalia-dev/noctalia
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 07/06/2026
"To my students" ozark.hendrix.edu/~yorgey/fore... Down with techno-determinism, hurrah for hopepunk-style craftsmanship!
ozark.hendrix.edu
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Demigirlboss @demigirlboss.win · 02/06/2026
That's because it's correct. Agents are stupid. Borrow checker is smart. Borrow checker is love. Borrow checker is life. I love you, borrow checker.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 02/04/2026
After 17 years, AO3 is out of beta. I’m thrilled, but also sad? Is this what my mother felt when I left home? (lol, no. It was her birthday and she was pissed) www.transformativeworks.org/ao3-is-exiti...
transformativeworks.org
AO3 is Exiting Open Beta! | Organization for Transformative Works
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 27/03/2026
"whenever working with C always keep in mind that C stands for CVE" iev.ee/blog/gzip-de...
iev.ee
gzip decompression in 250 lines of rust | ian erik varatalu
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 26/03/2026
It’s my first time trying to make ice-cider. It took 5 days for it to start bubbling, and I’m worried that some other bacteria started before the yeast culture could thrive. I’ve never seen that much foam before.
Frozen block of apple juice sitting in a sieve, with a bowl underneath to catch the syrup.Half-melted block of frozen apple juice, leaving behind a block of frozen water and the syrup drained into the bowl.Carboy fermenter containing high-syrup apple juice and yeast, with the airlock on top bubbling away.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 21/03/2026
Just saw Project Hail Mary, and it was amazing. It’s one of my favourite books and I was really worried about how well they’d portray it on-screen.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 20/03/2026
Get yourself a hobby that makes you blush. Remember your arm guards, kids!
Big arm bruise.Even bigger arm bruise.
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Lena Reinhard (she/they) @lenareinhard.com · 15/03/2026
I don't think we've talked enough about this login trend using OTPs (one-time passwords) sent via email. My ADHD brain has enough problems staying on task as-is, I don't need you, authentication designer, over here making me open the distraction circus that is my inbox to dig up a six-figure code
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 14/03/2026
Git clones of my side-project are sky-rocketing with no web traffic. Some AI scraper is probably using my code to train their models but, jokes on them, my code's shit. I like to believe that I'm doing my part to make Sonnet 5 that little bit worse <3
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 25/02/2026
People all over the internet were talking about the #SpacetimeDB video and I've only just got round to watching it and... Oh. Wow. That's, er... something. Again, wow.
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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 09/02/2026
Leadership: "AI is so good it writes almost all our code" Status dashboard:
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 27/08/2025
UPS is the fucking worst. Package cannot be delivered because "The company or receiver name is incorrect." How do you know my name is incorrect if you won't attempt delivery, assholes?
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 28/05/2025
I will never understand why `--locked` is an opt-in flag for `cargo install`. Libraries? Sure, I understand. But for a binary? The decision to ignore the root Cargo.lock by default was a stupid one.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 01/03/2025
What's a good alternative to the #Kindle store, now that Amazon have stopped the ability to download purchased books, and I'm unable to read any books I purchase on my non-Amazon e-reader?
media.tenor.com
a man in a purple vest reads a book in a library
Alt: A man in the middle of a bookshop exclaiming "BOOKS?!" and then screaming.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 26/02/2025
Sometimes you write cool code you're super proud of! ... but you can't test it because @cloudflare.social has decided your requests are shit ☹️ Yes, I'm aware 525 error means "host server SSL handshake" but works in Firefox perfectly fine and this is blatant discrimination against script kiddies
Error in Client.php line 71: Cloudflare is being a dick, and has determined your requests are not "legitimate".
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 27/01/2025
nom has always been my favourite #rust crate, and v8 has landed! 🥳 Really looking forward to digging into it unhandledexpression.com/nom-8/
unhandledexpression.com
Geoffroy Couprie – software security and architecture consultant
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 26/01/2025
#YouTube just enabled native triple-speed playback, and it’s awesome 🥳 (only on the iPad app so far, but hopefully an update will push it to other platforms soon)
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 23/01/2025
Including stickers in the #emoji keyboard is one of the most infuriating design decisions #Apple have made in recent years. I despise it.
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 24/12/2024
A big toblerone, a bottle of gin, and heavenly tyrant downloaded to my Kindle. I’m ready for Christmas tomorrow 🎄
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 03/12/2024
It may have taken me hours and hours longer than doing it with #regex (which doesn't deserve the hate btw)... But #AdventOfCode Day 3 is complete and runs in 430µs! This year is all about writing fast parser combinators 💪
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a man is typing on a keyboard with the words like a boss written below him .
Alt: Jim Carrey in "Bruce Almighty" typing fast on a keyboard with the caption "like a boss"
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 02/12/2024
Some days you'll have to write additional unit tests because your part 2 answer is somehow wrong. Then you'll end up with 20 (passing!) unit tests and you still have the wrong answer. It's day two, people! This is a massive hit to my ego 😭 #adventofcode
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a girl is sitting at a desk with her head on a computer monitor which shows the time as 3:00
Alt: A GIF showing a girl sitting at a desk with her head in her hands in despair with a mouse dangling off the side of the desk
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 01/12/2024
It's #AdventOfCode time! Day 1 in 754µs 978ns. adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
adventofcode.com
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024
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Zan Baldwin @zanbaldwin.com · 26/11/2024
My take on #Arcane: Season 1: okay those are the good guys, those are the bad guys, and those are the morally ambiguous guys. Classic. Season 2: what the fuck is going on? Where did they come from? Did I miss a piece of lore? What the fuck is THAT?
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