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Stories by alurm

Why is Zig so Cool? (nilostolte.github.io)
L 53 pts 12 comments by alurm Jan 16, 2026 zig Programming (General) thread
Json2dir: a JSON-to-directory converter, a fast alternative to home-manager (github.com)
HN 51 pts 20 comments by alurm Aug 8, 2025 thread
Moreshell tricks: first class lists, jq, and the es shell (alurm.github.io)
HN 41 pts 14 comments by alurm Aug 7, 2025 thread
Mathematically extra-complicated Secretest Santa 2025 (youtube.com)
L 26 pts 1 comments by alurm Dec 25, 2025 cryptographydistributedmathvideo Data / Databases / InfrastructureScience / Math / Physics thread
Taming the Beast: Comparing Jsonnet, Dhall, Cue (pv.wtf)
L 22 pts 18 comments by alurm Aug 14, 2025 programming Programming (General) thread
Going immutable on macOS (carette.xyz)
L 20 pts 12 comments by alurm Jan 15, 2026 macnix Systems / Low-Level / OSApple / macOS / iOS thread
Making OCaml Safe for Performance Engineering (youtube.com)
L 15 pts 1 comments by alurm Apr 4, 2025 compilersmlperformanceslidesvideo Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
The rationale for the Nickel configuration language (github.com)
L 14 pts 10 comments by alurm Aug 30, 2025 programming Programming (General) thread
More shell tricks: first class lists, jq, and the es shell (alurm.github.io)
L 13 pts 8 comments by alurm Aug 7, 2025 unix Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Plan 9 history and development (2023) (youtube.com)
L 12 pts 0 comments by alurm Nov 15, 2024 historicalosdevunixvideo Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
C scripting with TCC and Bash (alurm.github.io)
L 9 pts 0 comments by alurm Aug 19, 2024 cunix Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Hi :) I'm a bit confused about how the self-promotion rule applies here, since I barely posted any stories, but commented a bunch. But I guess that I'm fine so I'm posting this here. To be clear, just put this out on the web, this was a post in Telegram.
NPM and NodeJS should do more to make ES Modules easy to use (2024) (borischerny.com)
L 8 pts 9 comments by alurm Feb 8, 2026 javascriptnodejs Web Development thread
A tiny library for switches and sum types in Lua (github.com)
L 6 pts 3 comments by alurm Dec 31, 2024 lua Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
8VIM: a virtual Android keyboard drawing inspiration from 8pen and Vim (github.com)
L 5 pts 6 comments by alurm Feb 7, 2026 android Programming (General) thread
How I learned to love Zig's diagnostic pattern (2024) (mikemikeb.com)
L 5 pts 0 comments by alurm Nov 11, 2025 zig Programming (General) thread
Types Over Strings: Extensible Architectures in Rust (2020) (willcrichton.net)
L 5 pts 1 comments by alurm Mar 10, 2025 apirust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Why Haskell is Great (10 minutes) (2013) (youtube.com)
L 5 pts 1 comments by alurm Apr 5, 2024 haskellsatirevideo Programming Languages / CS Theory thread