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"01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d525efc40f", "title": "That will do for tonight", "url": "https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2014-01-02-that-will-do-for-tonight/", "published_at": "2014-01-01T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d52677b319", "title": "Particle systems are fun", "url": "https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2014-01-01-particle-systems-are-fun/", "published_at": "2013-12-31T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d5270ede9c", "title": "A particle system", "url": "https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2013-12-31-a-particle-system/", "published_at": "2013-12-30T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d5275804cf", "title": "The problem with cricket commentary in IRC", "url": "https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2013-11-21-the-problem-with-cricket-commentary-in-irc/", "published_at": "2013-11-20T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d52787064b", "title": "Start of the new ship market", "url": 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"01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d52a72f6bb", "title": "Building Pioneer's UI: Part 1: History", "url": "https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2013-10-16-building-pioneer-s-ui-part-1-history/", "published_at": "2013-10-15T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d52b17f924", "title": "Upgrading the office servers", "url": "https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2013-10-15-upgrading-the-office-servers/", "published_at": "2013-10-14T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d52b1e3b9d", "title": "Multi-line text layout", "url": "https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2013-10-12-multi-line-text-layout/", "published_at": "2013-10-11T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d52bda169c", "title": "Start of the new bulletin board & chat form", "url": "https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2013-10-11-start-of-the-new-bulletin-board-chat-form/", "published_at": "2013-10-10T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876b-a1b6-71e9-85f2-e0d52c816679", "title": "GCC's 'maybe unitialized' 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12 Jul 2025

An (almost) catastrophic OpenZFS bug and the humans that made it (and Rust is here too)original ↗

9 Jul 2025

fsync() after open() is an elaborate no-op original ↗

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We should improve libzfs somewhat original ↗

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OpenZFS deduplication is good now and you shouldn't use it original ↗

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A few nice things in OpenZFS 2.3 original ↗

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18 May 2024

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quiz: a tool for rapid OpenZFS development original ↗

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2023

A data corruption bug in OpenZFS?original ↗

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2022

The Rust I used to know original ↗

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2021

io_uring is not an event system original ↗

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GOOD COMPUTER: a modern 80's-style computer original ↗

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GOOD COMPUTER: XIAO bricked original ↗

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GOOD COMPUTER: BASIC original ↗

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End times original ↗

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Tile windows original ↗

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Switching to elementary OS original ↗

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A talk about Consul original ↗

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2017

U 2 can U2F (linux.conf.au 2017)original ↗

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CompCon 2016 in review original ↗

18 Oct 2016

A br1ef h1st0ry of P@sswords (CompCon 2016)original ↗

1 Oct 2016

U 2 can U2F (YAPC::NA 2016)original ↗

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2015

Secret level original ↗

19 Jun 2015

New release of salada, my JMAP server original ↗

16 Jun 2015

I was happy with this one original ↗

13 Jun 2015

An evening of programming puzzles...original ↗

11 Jun 2015

Fastmail is a SSRF target original ↗

26 May 2015

OAuth+SASL needs a username original ↗

23 May 2015

OAuth for libsasl2 original ↗

22 May 2015

First release of salada, my JMAP server original ↗

11 May 2015

A JMAP library for Rust original ↗

18 Apr 2015

Pebble cricket: updates original ↗

21 Feb 2015

Everybody root original ↗

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Pebble cricket: name shortener original ↗

10 Feb 2015

Adding XMPP support to nginx original ↗

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Dummy renderer original ↗

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Broken wire protocol original ↗

20 Nov 2014

NBN: inside the box original ↗

4 Oct 2014

NBN: test box original ↗

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NBN: the box original ↗

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Why I bought a Pebble original ↗

21 Sept 2014

Hexdump original ↗

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Anonymous objects original ↗

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Pebble cricket: draw original ↗

27 Jul 2014

Pebble cricket: long names original ↗

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Pebble cricket: SixFour original ↗

26 Jul 2014

Pebble cricket: innings change original ↗

25 Jul 2014

Pebble cricket original ↗

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Pebble cricket: MVP original ↗

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Introducing hopscotch, a tiny image proxy original ↗

20 Jul 2014

Dockerising a Perl application original ↗

14 Jul 2014

Deploying towncrier with Carton original ↗

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SSRF protection in Perl original ↗

10 Jul 2014

The new Gmail API original ↗

25 Jun 2014

Perl and etcd? I can help!original ↗

17 Jun 2014

OAuth2 protected resource errors original ↗

4 Jun 2014

A notifier app for Fastmail original ↗

27 May 2014

DJabberd mandatory TLS original ↗

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A status dashboard original ↗

14 Apr 2014

Wrap any Lua function with a sigc++ slot original ↗

22 Mar 2014

Experimenting with easing functions original ↗

16 Mar 2014

When good glyph atlases go bad original ↗

1 Mar 2014

Replacing Graphics::Magick with Imager original ↗

7 Jan 2014

That will do for tonight original ↗

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Particle systems are fun original ↗

31 Dec 2013

A particle system original ↗

30 Dec 2013

The problem with cricket commentary in IRC original ↗

20 Nov 2013

Start of the new ship market original ↗

9 Nov 2013

Translation answers original ↗

26 Oct 2013

Google sending weird XMPP stuff original ↗

24 Oct 2013

Translation question original ↗

24 Oct 2013

Code::Blocks for Pioneer original ↗

18 Oct 2013

Building Pioneer's UI: Part 1: History original ↗

15 Oct 2013

Upgrading the office servers original ↗

14 Oct 2013

Multi-line text layout original ↗

11 Oct 2013

Start of the new bulletin board & chat form original ↗

10 Oct 2013

GCC's 'maybe unitialized' warning original ↗

2 Oct 2013

The secret truth of cross-platform development original ↗

28 Sept 2013

Thrust original ↗

17 Sept 2013

Building Pioneer's UI: Part 0: Introduction original ↗

29 Aug 2013

Randomly choosing complementary colours original ↗

9 Jul 2013

I bisected a kernel problem!original ↗

14 May 2013

My first Rust: Hello OpenGL original ↗

11 Apr 2013

My first Rust: SDL bindings original ↗

9 Apr 2013

the google drive api doesn't know about paths, and that's bad original ↗

21 Mar 2013

Its looking pretty nice!original ↗

27 Feb 2013