I’ve been following the drama of the RustConf Keynote Fiasco (RKNF, per @fasterthanlime) from a great distance - I’m not involved in that community beyond starting to learn the language. But the controversial topic itself Compile-Time Reflection seemed like something interesting I could learn something about.
[Read More]Hyperlink Annotations in JavaScript and CSS
This might not have been difficult for a seasoned web-dev, but it was reasonably tricky to find a clear solution online (at least it was for me) so here’s how I added the neat domain hints next to all the hyperlinks on my blog.
[Read More]Which Plot Was That?
Plotly subplots and customdata
Plotly has a nice way of making click-events available to the calling language, but
it doesn’t quite work simply when using subplot()
. This isn’t a post about a new
feature, but I didn’t quickly find a resource for it so I’ll add my findings to
make it easier for the next person.
Polyglot Exploration of Function Overloading
I’ve been working my way through Exercism exercises in a variety of languages because I strongly believe every language you learn something about teaches you about all the others you know, and makes for useful comparisons between what features they offer. I was Learning Me a Haskell for Great Good (there’s a guide/book by that name) and something about Pattern Matching just seemed extremely familiar.
[Read More]Version Zero Easter Eggs
I’ve just finished reading ‘Version Zero’ by David Yoon. I really enjoyed it. There’s some (javascript) code on some separator pages between some of the chapters that is loosely tied into the plot and general theme of the book. I love solving puzzles, so what was I supposed to do, just leave it at that?
[Read More]The Most Complex Puzzle I've Ever Solved
Don’t show me puzzles, unless you want to be responsible for me staying up too late solving them. I’m far too easily nerd-sniped. This one was certainly the most complex I’ve ever solved. Quite complicated too, but definitely the most complex (you’ll see).
[Read More]Polyglot Sorting
I’ve had the impression lately that everyone is learning Rust and there’s plenty of great material out there to make that easier. {gifski} is perhaps the most well-known example of an R package wrapping a Rust Cargo crate. I don’t really know any system language particularly well, so I figured I’d wade into it and see what it’s like.
[Read More]Australian Signals Directorate 50c Coin Decryption
Updated: 2022-09-04
I took a very long time to post about the last Australian Signals Directorate (then DSD) decryption, so this time I’ll be a lot more punctual. This article was published today announcing that ASD have collaborated to release a new 50c coin containing a decryption challenge.

The new ASD 50c coin
Lissajous Curve Matrix in Julia
Another ‘small learning project’ for me as I continue to learn Julia. I’ve said many times that small projects with a defined goal are one of the best ways to learn, at least for me. This one was inspired by yet another Reddit post
Where for (loop) ARt Thou?
A loop by any other name...
I’ve long been interested in exactly how R works - not quite enough for me to learn all the internals, but I was surprised that I could not find a clear guide towards exactly how vectorization works at the deepest level.
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