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I make videos about computer programming at https://youtube.com/@contextfree - he/him - God is good. Black lives matter.

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I don't know what's the future, and AI causes problems for sure. I don't know if AI will ever be able to think like people. I'm not even sure what that is. But we also shouldn't get too full of our own greatness or imaginary thinking powers.

22.02.2026 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Current AI clearly lacks some human qualities, but infallibility isn't one of them. AI is very fallible, yes, but so are people. AI claims confidence in wrong claims, but so do people.

22.02.2026 14:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People often complain that current AI is just statistical predictions rather than real thinking. Thing is that more logical forms of AI have also been tried and haven't done as well, because the world is a messy place.

22.02.2026 14:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Closure capture in JS, Kotlin, Java, Python, Go, Temper, Rust, C++, & Odin
Closure capture in JS, Kotlin, Java, Python, Go, Temper, Rust, C++, & Odin YouTube video by Context Free

New video! Closure capture in JS, Kotlin, Java, Python, Go, Temper, Rust, C++, & Odin youtu.be/FfkDXmcslAM

17.02.2026 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was very helpful! Thanks!

15.02.2026 12:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That demo of the learning site was great, by the way.

11.02.2026 20:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess AI bots technically already had access anyway. Maybe it didn't feel like as much of a sellout because of that? Anyway, I guess we'll see how it goes.

16.01.2026 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
C# code that reads:
public interface IThing {
	internal int _Number => 1; // hidden default impl.
	public int Number { get; } // *public* accessor
}
public interface IThingA : IThing {
	int IThing._Number => 4; // override
}
public class BThing : IThingA {
	// public accessor emitted from source generator:
	public int Number => ( (IThing)this )._Number;
}
public class CThing : IThingA {
	public int Number => 8; // override
}

C# code that reads: public interface IThing { internal int _Number => 1; // hidden default impl. public int Number { get; } // *public* accessor } public interface IThingA : IThing { int IThing._Number => 4; // override } public class BThing : IThingA { // public accessor emitted from source generator: public int Number => ( (IThing)this )._Number; } public class CThing : IThingA { public int Number => 8; // override }

okay - approximately how unhinged is this workaround for not being able to call default interface member implementations without a cast in C#?

16.01.2026 13:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

See the linked blog post at the start of the thread for more on "Why a new language?"

14.01.2026 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Introduction The Temper programming language for solving problems once via ubiquitous libraries.

But in Java:

jshell> Map.ofEntries(
...> Map.entry(0, "0"),
...> Map.entry(0.0, "0.0"),
...> Map.entry(-0.0, "-0.0"),
...> Map.entry(false, "false")
...> )
$2 ==> {-0.0=-0.0, 0.0=0.0, 0=0, false=false}

Temper has to think about things like this. temperlang.dev

14.01.2026 19:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For example, in Python:

>>> {
... 0: "0",
... 0.0: "0.0",
... -0.0: "-0.0",
... False: "False",
... }
...
{0: 'False'}

14.01.2026 19:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Programming Languages in 2025!
Programming Languages in 2025! YouTube video by Context Free

2025 in programming languages! youtu.be/CzFiPcuMnWM

07.01.2026 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

After going open source last week, I've already started doing some of my hobby coding in Temper.

06.01.2026 19:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This has been my day job for the past few years. Super excited to share it!

06.01.2026 19:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks! I'd still be curious to find one that applies. I'm unsure I'd call Nim tiny, but I could review its size. And I was looking for refcounting specifically, which I wouldn't typically expect from WasmGC. And I understand that WasmGC is pluggable. I'm also hating tracing GC a bit less recently.

28.11.2025 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've seen Unison, but I haven't tried it out. I probably should sometime. Thanks for helping me to keep it in mind!

28.11.2025 14:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Easy tile maps inspired by PICO-8!
Easy tile maps inspired by PICO-8! YouTube video by Context Free

New video on my tile map editor and file formats. youtu.be/q2-a7Gztw2g

05.11.2025 15:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice release! I feel like all the fast start and small binary things should have been there from the beginning. If they can work it all out, Julia might become pretty awesome.

09.10.2025 16:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Prototype like PICO-8 but then scale up - Starting a new project again!
Prototype like PICO-8 but then scale up - Starting a new project again! YouTube video by Context Free

New video, new project. I'm so distractable. youtu.be/x3tOCLvSQT8

06.10.2025 13:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Started a new side project in Go. First time I've tried using the language seriously. Some things I like and some things I don't. And vaguely related, thinking that wide low res map grid screens should be 240x128.

23.08.2025 14:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Profundo.

23.08.2025 11:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Suddenly remembering the days before multilevel undo/redo was mostly everywhere.

23.08.2025 03:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the review!

23.08.2025 03:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still haven't tried out typst. Is it good then?

23.08.2025 01:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

80 years today since nuclear weapons have been targeted at people. Hoping to see 90 and 100 years and many more in the future.

09.08.2025 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are there are any memory safe, reference counting languages that have a tiny implementation and compile directly to wasm? I'd like to think I know a good answer to this, but I'm unsure.

07.08.2025 12:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Escape Loop by Tom Play in your browser

Very small PICO-8 game I made for the GMTK Jam. tjpalmer.itch.io/escape-loop

02.08.2025 18:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm the bear

01.08.2025 08:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yeah, this video was awesome. Where hacker geek meets nature.

28.07.2025 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Faster GDScript in Godot? Compiling and running as WebAssembly
Faster GDScript in Godot? Compiling and running as WebAssembly YouTube video by Context Free

New video! Compiling GDScript to and running on WebAssembly youtu.be/hmyxqrzgL28

28.07.2025 14:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0