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Build your project Zig-style
https://fnordig.de/2026/06/16/build-your-project-zig-style
Published: June 16, 2026 09:00
Over the past few nights I've been tinkering with the Zig build system, after it got a bit of a rework lately. I had a plan: Learn a bit more about Zig, learn a bit more about the Zig build system and get a deeper understanding of what Cargo does to build…
Disabling GitHub Copilot in 6 simple steps and 6 weeks waiting
https://fnordig.de/2026/06/05/disabling-github-copilot
Published: June 5, 2026 18:26
I have no intention to use any part of Microsoft GitHub's Copilot. And yet I have access and with a monthly frequency I receive the "Your GitHub Copilot access has been renewed" email. Copilot is all over the UI and there's seemingly no way to fully…
makerust
https://fnordig.de/2026/04/23/makerust
Published: April 23, 2026 16:29
In 2023 I learned about (GNU) make's .ONESHELL. Put this in your Makefile: ref. https://hachyderm.io/@jer/110255986490429550 SHELL = python3 .ONESHELL: date date: from datetime import datetime print(datetime.now()) and make date works. ref.…
Sidenotes
https://fnordig.de/2026/04/12/sidenotes
Published: April 12, 2026 17:55
This blog now has sidenotes. And they look like this. After reading the blog post There is absolutely nothing wrong with Web I figured I could try implementing the same pattern on top of Cobalt, my static-site generator of choice. I maintain a fork at…
Rust reflection and a multi-array list
https://fnordig.de/2026/03/25/rust-reflection-and-a-multi-array-list
Published: March 25, 2026 10:00
Rust is experimenting with compile-time reflection in the form of type_info (Tracking issue #146922). It's far from finished, but the other day more than a month ago1 the pull request for Support ADT types in type info reflection landed. With that PR the…
Eight-year Moziversary
https://fnordig.de/2026/03/02/eight-year-moziversary
Published: March 2, 2026 14:00
In March 2018 I started a job as a Telemetry engineer at Mozilla. Eight years later I'm still here on my Moziversary, as I was in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. In the past year we had 1 CEO change, 14 reorgs, 12 Firefox releases1 and 31…
A story about music
https://fnordig.de/2026/01/07/a-story-about-music
Published: January 7, 2026 10:00
Back in May 2025 Fatoni, Edgar Wasser and Juse Ju released their new collaboration album BAWRS. I had ordered that on vinyl. Due to the May 1st holiday however the record arrived in my hands 2 days early. The problem: I couldn't play it. I didn't own a…
My default apps of early 2026
https://fnordig.de/2026/01/05/my-default-apps-of-early-2026
Published: January 5, 2026 10:00
A /uses page still does not exist, so let's update the list. Not much changed from last year's list, but I filled some gaps and switched out a few things. Mail Client: Thunderbird Mail Server: Postfix + Dovecot Stalwart Notes: Obsidian, Scratch1 To-Do:…
2025 in many words
https://fnordig.de/2025/12/31/2025-in-many-words
Published: December 31, 2025 17:00
It has become a tradition for me to look at the year that's about to end. I did so in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014. So here comes the 2025 edition. My year in numbers This year I've been to 3 1/2 conferences. I spent…
Incident Report: A compiler bug and JSON
https://fnordig.de/2025/12/09/incident-report-a-compiler-bug-and-json
Published: December 9, 2025 15:01
It all started rather inconspicuous: The Data Engineering team filed a bug report about a sudden increase in schema errors at ingestion of telemetry data from Firefox for Android. The data we were seeing was surprising and couldn't be explained by the…