# stories none (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover stories none. Page: Feed: --- ## [Becoming More](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/becoming-more/) _2026-02-11 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ Empowering developers in ways that matter. ## [Xee: A Modern XPath and XSLT Engine in Rust](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/xee/) _2025-03-27 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ I announce Xee, the implementation of XPath and XSLT in Rust that I've been working on for the last two years. ## [Looking for new challenges!](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/new-challenges-2025/) _2025-03-24 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ Once every while I use this blog to look for new challenges! Let me give a brief description of who I am, what I can do, and what I enjoy doing. … ## [Succinct data structures](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/succinct/) _2025-02-28 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ An overview of a class of data structures I didn't know about! ## [Repeat Yourself, A Bit](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/repeat-yourself-a-bit/) _2025-01-27 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ "Don't Repeat Yourself", abbreviated DRY, is a mantra I subscribe to as a programmer. I don't want to have the same code in multiple parts of the codebase. Part of the reason is just reuse: if I can reuse code, it's just easier. Repetitive code is also difficult to maintain - if it's in multiple places, a change may mean I need to update multiple places, which is tedious and mistake prone. A more… ## [The Curious Case of Quentell](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/the-curious-case-of-quentell/) _2024-12-27 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ I go on a journey to learn about a man named Quentell, and discover unsettling things about the information landscape. ## [The Humble For Loop in Rust](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/humble-for-loop-rust/) _2024-12-11 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ Rust has some really nice functional programming facilities built in, all around an iterator concept. Rust being focused on performance and low level control makes it possible to use this without paying a performance cost. Sometimes I still prefer to use the humble for loop though. In quite a few cases, it combines high performance with high readability. I thought I'd motivate why. … ## [The Humble For Loop in JavaScript](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/humble-for-loop-js/) _2024-12-11 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ I've seen some programmers try to avoid the humble for loop at all costs, in favor of more functional abstractions. I'm going to argue that the for loop is sometimes simply the best option. That doesn't mean you should always use it -- far from it -- but it does mean you should give it due consideration. The goal is to help develop some intuitions about this topic. I talk about readability of code… ## [Don't Look Down on Print Debugging](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/print-debugging/) _2024-11-22 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ Print good, not bad! ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9CzesN9TGbFt) _2024-11-21 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Question Best Practices](https://blog.startifact.com/posts/question-best-practices/) _2024-11-19 · Martijn Faassen · Secret Weblog_ In software development we have best practices. These are the distilled wisdom of software engineering, and you should follow best practices to be a good software developer, and to develop good software. If someone points out you broke them, that should be sufficient to make you mend your ways. This is what the term "best practices" implies to me . There are different, more subtle interpretations,…