I just published kotama, an experimental GOOS=tamago compiler branch that allows execution of a rich example in barely 6MB of RAM, running on an rv64imfc CPU (yes, no d or a extension).
This paves the way for supporting aifoundry.org Minion cores!
github.com/usbarmory/ko...
I don't see this point being discussed nearly enough.
youtu.be/SKTsNV41DYg?...
The value of the code isn't just the code itself, but it's also the mental model the developers build while working on it.
Taking that away with AI creates maintainers that can't maintain the code, one little change at a time.
Which might mean: just throw away what we can and cope with the rest.
Yeah, the way we clean this up will make the real difference.
Applications are free, ya kno
Problem is writing the parser for it
Sprint is almost over: gotta go fast.
Constantly relying on "good enough for now" as a design principle eventually turns your codebase against you.
The real danger isn't the mess itself: it's the fact that you’ll never see the breaking point coming until it's too late.
This always reminds me of Ari Bach's Valhalla series passage on units of measurement:
Will do next time 😂
Nasa uses metric... 😂
My guess for the former is that, especially for the stdlib, it would be super easy to end up with all programs transitively importing massive chunks of code just to do the most basic tasks. So this had to be done.
The latter is probably just for convenience.
😅
Very few people know that the Go standard library has an internal DSL used to make sure that no new intra-stdlib dependencies are added when a change happens:
github.com/golang/go/bl...
And we will *definitely* have to clean it up.
This is all going to be such a mess to clean up...
My entire career is fueled by anger towards the web platform
Have a hierarchy of formats and pick the best, if the format is the same, bitrate, if that is also the same roll a dice.
Don't we all?
The first word that my eldest daughter read in her life is "Go", from one of my @golab.io t-shirts 😂. I guess having a language with a simple name has its nice quirks.
It is dismaying to see how often people are willing to sacrifice the very principle a rule was created to protect, just to ensure the rule they understood is enforced.
I just found the best use for AI: you can give it a recipe that uses units of measurement that come from the middle ages or the US and ask it to translate it to contemporary units.
But... Why... 😂
Also, how long does it take to process the http package?
Today I achieved greatness: I managed to make a thin omelette on a stainless steel pan; none stuck and it was cooked to perfection.
It's not much, but it's extremely satisfying.
Does widespread browser implementation of the Sec-Fetch-Site HTTP header mean we can protect against CSRF attacks without needing those hidden form tokens? It looks like the answer may be a cautious "yes"! simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/15/...
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