Reposted by Roxy LightAndrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026Hey @1password.bsky.social, longtime customer here: stop giving your money to fascists. 19457131
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 29/07/2026Thanks for the digging! I am similarly stumped. I wrote this blog post partly because I was sure that someone else had already written this up somewhere, but couldn't find a great reference to point people towards other than the odd issue tracker reference or random gist. 😅 020
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 29/07/2026Wrote a little #golang blog post about a trick for reducing repetition in error-handling: www.zombiezen.com/blog/2026/07...zombiezen.comWrapping Errors with DeferUsing defer with named result parameters to DRY up error handling in Go 151
Reposted by Roxy LightAnil Dash @anildash.com · 27/07/2026Just in case you still use any Basecamp products, DHH is crashing out about his AI product gently pointing out that it’s bad for him to have extermination fantasies about the Roma people. 852286644
Reposted by Roxy LightAlice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 30/06/2026On the last day of Pride Month, happy Trans Pride, now and forever and ever and ever, Amen. 3073422402
Reposted by Roxy LightWill Norris @willnorris.com · 08/06/2026Somebody's tailnet is going to be named rainbow-pride.ts.net github.com/tailscale/ta...github.comwords: June is so full of color by willnorris · Pull Request #20054 · tailscale/tailscaleDid you know that Gilbert Baker used the Pantone color scale when designing the rainbow flag? I suppose that's not too surprising. There are also other color scales like munsell and werner. I g... 1195
Reposted by Roxy LightAlice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 06/06/2026I'm gonna start a cinema club where our goal is to watch Christopher Nolan films in formats that would piss him off 1218628
Reposted by Roxy Lightsalman @sa.lj.am · 02/06/2026apppl: a pen plotter programming language? (here running @robpike.io's ivy) 1294
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 26/05/2026Wow. The latest episode of The Backdrop is about Jon Favreau's career and the state of the film industry — especially as it pertains to Disney and generative imagery. It hits hard. Really recommend. youtu.be/IlJ4UrpXJ9U (Disclaimer: I support Second Wind on Patreon.)youtu.beThe Mandalorian and Grogu Is Content to be Content | The BackdropYouTube video by Second Wind 000
Reposted by Roxy LightSasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The OG Red vs Blue 12468122
Reposted by Roxy Light✩MAJI✩ working on comms! @majibomber.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Tiny caged amongus... 2650802058
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 18/05/2026Announcement post with more context here: github.com/256lights/zb...github.comNew Zulip chat · 256lights zb · Discussion #192Hey folks! Based on feedback, I've started a Zulip chat workspace. The archives will not require an account to view or search. You can use your GitHub account to sign in, or you can sign up with an... 010
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 18/05/2026I've spun up a Zulip chat for the zb build tool project! Sign up if you're interested in following or participating in development more closely. zb-build.zulipchat.com 100
Reposted by Roxy LightTJ @tjtjtj.tj · 05/05/2026software engineering is about two things: - when to use sqlite - when to use postgres 613615
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 27/04/2026Finally back to zb development again. I've got a design I'm happy with for remote caching, and now I'm slowly rewriting the build backend to support it. 030
Reposted by Roxy LightMobius Digital Games @mobiusdigitalgames.com · 27/04/20265, 4, 3, 2, 1... The Starless Expanse bundle is now available! Explore the worlds of Riven and Outer Wilds in this monumental bundle. We're humbled to be bundled with one of the games that inspired a generation of game developers. store.steampowered.com/bundle/72377... 114829
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 20/04/2026Oh hey, I just realized with Go's generics, there's a new nice way of creating a type that is a pointer to a fixed set of types: go.dev/play/p/bvV3e... 140
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 06/04/2026The nice part is that Jujutsu's data model is rich enough to allow jj-domino to operate with basically no extra configuration beyond a GitHub access token. You don't have to think about branch names. Commit, run jj-domino, write your PR message. Done. 000
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 06/04/2026jj-domino is admittedly a bit clunkier than something like Gerrit, but after a month of iterating, I've found myself getting code checked in faster and it doesn't require reviewers to change their workflow. 100
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 06/04/2026The gist is you swap out `jj git push -c @-` for `jj-domino -c @-` and it creates a PR for you. But! If you have multiple bookmarks in sequence, jj-domino will create PRs with a link to the stacked diff and links to related PRs, kinda like Gerrit. 100
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 06/04/2026For any @jj-vcs.dev users out there wanting to get a stacked PR flow in GitHub, I've been working on a tool: github.com/zombiezen/jj... Give it a try!github.comGitHub - zombiezen/jj-domino: Pull request stack manager for JujutsuPull request stack manager for Jujutsu. Contribute to zombiezen/jj-domino development by creating an account on GitHub. 110
Reposted by Roxy LightDe-Katie and Cat-Boo!-ger @katieandcatburger.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️⚧️❤️ 14142787210
Reposted by Roxy LightDavid Buchanan @retr0.id · 31/03/2026have you seen the new supply chain vuln? don't update tubu. it's literally on heebee. they got poodee's deps. they infiltrated dippy. roll back weeno. disable scripts in ~/.gumpyrc. it's in poob. do not install poob. do not update poob. uninstall poob right now. poob has it in for you. 262845849
Reposted by Roxy LightIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/03/2026Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings 11970722042
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 29/03/2026Gift link: www.theverge.com/report/90181...theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 031
Reposted by Roxy LightThe Verge @theverge.com · 29/03/2026There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesbuff.lyThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 176124874766
Reposted by Roxy LightErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/03/2026It's been a month since NYU Langone ended care. Letitia James deadline came and went, NYU still has not restarted care. Mamdani refuses to answer questions from trans journos over the real steps he can take, like directing H+H to absorb patients or enforcing human rights law. Important thread. 61317509
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 19/03/2026Fun fact: when I was first prototyping Wire, I called it "goose" as a pun on Guice. I don't have access to the original doc, but I believe this is the photo I included in my first writeup. Here it is: the goose/Wire goose. 010
Reposted by Roxy LightDia Lacina @dialacina.com · 08/03/2026Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman 5115523249
Reposted by Roxy LightBrad Fitzpatrick @bradfitz.com · 06/03/2026SQLite PSA sqlite.org/releaselog/3... sqlite.org/wal.html#wal...sqlite.orgSQLite Release 3.52.0 On 2026-03-06 03210
Reposted by Roxy LightAlice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 23/02/2026Outer Wilds, if you haven't played it yet, is one of the best games of all time. It's a fun space exploration game with a timeloop twist, and 90% of all game progress happens in your head, as you learn things about the universe and your situation. Absolutely play it if you haven't yet. 19425136
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 17/02/2026I am beginning to suspect there is more to life than filling out customer satisfaction surveys. 000
Reposted by Roxy LightAlice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 17/02/202625 years of All Your Base! deathgenerator.com#zerowing 12810277
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 16/02/2026Played Chants of Sennaar over the weekend. Fun little game! Loved the art, puzzles were fun, and a neat little story about connecting people. 010
Reposted by Roxy LightGo @golang.org · 10/02/2026“Go 1.26 is released” by Carlos Amedee, on behalf of the Go team — go.dev/blog/go1.26 #golang 16217
Reposted by Roxy LightKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 27/01/2026I was going to ask y'all to donate to @signal.org but I had to do it first. Now that I have, please consider learning about Signal, and why privacy is important, even when you don't have anything to hide, then consider donating to help Signal continue their work. signal.org/donate 621058
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 09/01/2026Not related. I'm still planning on developing zb independently. 👍 010
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 09/01/2026I'm finishing my first week working at ngrok today. I'm excited to be looking at new challenges in dev tooling. 110
Reposted by Roxy LightJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them. 420288777296
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 23/12/2025Making smol games in Godot has been a happy place for me for the last couple years. It's really easy to bang something out, try out an idea, play with things. I'm glad making interactive art has gotten so much more accessible. 010
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 16/12/2025My GopherCon lightning talk on the Lua interpreter I built for zb is now up! #golang youtu.be/BVLgLZ6_ZHoyoutu.beGopherCon 2025: Why Go Rocks for Building a Lua Interpreter - Roxy LightYouTube video by Gopher Academy 092
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 13/12/2025This has been a really cool year for mystery/puzzle games. I liked Blue Prince, Seance of Blake Manor, and Type Help. All of them nail their atmosphere perfectly. 020
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 16/11/2025I've been trying out Jujutsu for developing zb the last couple weeks. I'm impressed at how robust it is and how well it improves my workflow of lots of small, focused commits. 080
Reposted by Roxy LightStargirl @thea.codes · 27/10/2025I applaud the PSF for standing firmly on principles. 0515
Roxy Light @zombiezen.com · 08/10/2025Claire rocks. She helped me realize I could be loved for being myself, flaws and all. Thanks for being rad af, Jeph. 💜 030
Reposted by Roxy LightColin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 05/10/2025co-signed. a robot might be able to type rote code faster than me, but *typing speed* is not the limiting factor in my effectiveness as a software engineer, and never has been. *understanding* the code (and the pre-existing human and computational systems it interacts with) is the hard part. 4287
