Using trap for cleanup in shell scripts
trap … EXIT does not always trigger if the script is terminated by a signal
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Three more ways to think about asyncronous loops
I created a coroutine-only, unix-only, stateless alternative to asyncio.
What happens if we represent unix time as floats?
When evaluating the performance of some software component, I want to get high precision. But when I talk about millions of years in the future, I don't care about the exact second.
How to Sandbox a Terminal
I often pull code from remote repositories and execute it for testing. This is an area where sandboxing would be extremely beneficial.
Privileged Wayland Clients
How do privileged clients in Wayland work exactly? Well, it's complicated.
What is HDR, really?
HDR is about having more details in shadows and highlights. A higher dynamic range is one piece of the puzzle, but not all of it.
Notes on Loudness Normalization
Dialogue in a movie is barely audible, but explosion are far too loud. So I experimented with loadness normalization.
Should Proof-of-Work be standardized for HTTP?
Anubis seems to emerge as the go-to tool to combat scraping. But is it ultimately a good idea?
Finding the ideal tax curve
Having fun by finding better alternatives to those absurd piecewise-defined tax curves
Some thoughts on TOML
I wonder if there is room in the world for a variant of TOML that allows to overwrite values