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"2020-11-27T10:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-e178-7306-b0ab-a4a779def7d4", "title": "Adding (very) preliminary support for C++ modules in Meson", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/11/adding-very-preliminary-support-for-c.html", "published_at": "2020-11-21T21:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-e178-7306-b0ab-a4a77a9a1655", "title": "The Nine Phases of an Open Source Project Maintainer", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-nine-phases-of-open-source-project.html", "published_at": "2020-11-16T15:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-e178-7306-b0ab-a4a77b725100", "title": "Proposal for target-private directories for compilers", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/11/proposal-for-target-private-directories.html", "published_at": "2020-11-07T15:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-e178-7306-b0ab-a4a77c71e877", "title": "You wanted Boost via Meson subprojects? You got it! (sorta)", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/11/you-wanted-boost-via-meson-subprojects.html", "published_at": "2020-11-02T17:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-e178-7306-b0ab-a4a77d1dc27b", "title": "How to build dependencies as Meson subprojects using SDL as an example", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/10/how-to-build-dependencies-as-meson.html", "published_at": "2020-10-30T20:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d85b6b031", "title": "The Meson Manual: Good News, Bad News and Good News", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-meson-manual-good-news-bad-news-and.html", "published_at": "2020-10-26T16:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d869b8ee1", "title": "Cargo-style dependency management for C, C++ and other languages with Meson", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/10/cargo-style-dependency-management-for-c.html", "published_at": "2020-10-20T16:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8755f1f4", "title": "Does C++ still deserve the bad rap it has had for so long?", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/10/does-c-still-deserve-bad-rap-it-has-had.html", "published_at": "2020-10-15T12:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d882294f3", "title": "Is your project a unique snowflake or do you just think that it is?", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/10/is-your-project-unique-snowflake-or-do.html", "published_at": "2020-10-06T14:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d88e57abc", "title": "Want GCC's cleanup attribute in Visual Studio? Here's what to do.", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/09/want-gccs-cleanup-attribute-in-visual.html", "published_at": "2020-09-15T20:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d89d7d541", "title": "Proposal for a computer game research topic: the walk/game ratio", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/09/proposal-for-computer-game-research.html", "published_at": "2020-09-13T15:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d89de1576", "title": "Resist the urge to argue about app store security", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/08/resist-urge-to-argue-about-app-store.html", "published_at": "2020-08-30T11:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8a9d80cc", "title": "It ain't easy being a unique snowflake, the laptop purchasing edition", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/08/it-aint-easy-being-unique-snowflake.html", "published_at": "2020-08-28T14:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8aaeb70a", "title": "Most \"mandatory requirements\" in corporations are imaginary", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/08/most-mandatory-requirements-in.html", "published_at": "2020-08-17T15:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8b25956f", "title": "The second edition of the Meson manual is out", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-second-edition-of-meson-manual-is.html", "published_at": "2020-08-08T16:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8b57b2fc", "title": "About that \"Google always builds everything from source every time\" thing", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/07/about-that-google-always-builds.html", "published_at": "2020-07-29T14:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8bdb5611", "title": "Pinebook Pro longer term usage report", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/07/pinebook-pro-longer-term-usage-report.html", "published_at": "2020-07-25T23:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8c8ab3b5", "title": "The ABI stability matryoshka", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-abi-stability-matryoshka.html", "published_at": "2020-07-19T19:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8d4b8abf", "title": "What if? Revision control systems did not have merge", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/07/what-if-revision-control-systems-did.html", "published_at": "2020-07-07T13:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8e107a2b", "title": "What is best in open source projects?", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/07/what-is-best-in-open-source-projects.html", "published_at": "2020-07-01T14:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8ed5f2ce", "title": "The human brain comprehends atoms but it does not comprehend electrons", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-human-brain-comprehends-atoms-but.html", "published_at": "2020-06-16T14:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8f12fc0e", "title": "Short term usability is not the same as long term usability", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/06/short-term-usability-is-not-same-as.html", "published_at": "2020-06-08T14:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d8fbe0e4d", "title": "The need for some sort of a general trademark/logo license", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-need-for-some-sort-of-general.html", "published_at": "2020-05-13T09:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d903d8845", "title": "Enforcing locking with C++ nonmovable types", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/05/enforcing-locking-with-c-nonmovable.html", "published_at": "2020-05-11T13:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d90a22c66", "title": "Let's talk meta", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/05/lets-talk-meta.html", "published_at": "2020-05-03T23:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d90dfb035", "title": "You have to kill your perlings", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/05/you-have-to-kill-your-perlings.html", "published_at": "2020-05-01T22:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d90e7e8ea", "title": "Do humans or compilers produce faster code?", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/04/do-humans-or-compilers-produce-faster.html", "published_at": "2020-04-19T11:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d90edfdaf", "title": "Your statement is 100% correct but misses the entire point", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/04/your-statement-is-100-correct-but.html", "published_at": "2020-04-11T16:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d91dfe435", "title": "Meson manual sales status and price adjustment", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/04/meson-manual-sales-status-and-price.html", "published_at": "2020-04-05T11:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-5688-72cf-b735-940d92c6119d", "title": "It's not what programming languages do, it's what they shepherd you to", "url": "https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/03/its-not-what-programming-languages-do.html", "published_at": "2020-03-26T15:18:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2023

Plain C API design, the real world Kobayashi Maru test original ↗

13 Feb 2023

More PDF, C API and Python original ↗

8 Feb 2023

PDF with font subsetting and a look in the future original ↗

31 Jan 2023

Typesetting an entire book part V: Getting it published original ↗

25 Jan 2023

PDF, text and fonts, a design by The Devil & Associates original ↗

17 Jan 2023

2022

A quantitative analysis of the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo original ↗

29 Dec 2022

After exactly 10 years, Meson 1.0.0 is out original ↗

23 Dec 2022

Print quality PDF generation, color separations, other fun stuff original ↗

12 Dec 2022

Color management, this time with PDF original ↗

4 Dec 2022

Going inside Cairo to add color management original ↗

29 Nov 2022

Experimenting on how to add CMYK and color management to Cairo original ↗

26 Nov 2022

If you don't tolerate it in new code you should not tolerate it in old code either original ↗

14 Nov 2022

Making Visual Studio compilers directly runnable from any shell (yes, even plain cmd.exe)original ↗

22 Oct 2022

Using cppfront with Meson original ↗

6 Oct 2022

"Why is it that package managers are unnecessarily hard?" — or are they?original ↗

28 Sept 2022

Diving deeper into custom PDF and epub generation original ↗

19 Sept 2022

Questions to ask a prospective employer during a job interview original ↗

4 Sept 2022

Looking at LibreOffice's Windows installer original ↗

2 Sept 2022

Random things on designing a text format for books original ↗

24 Aug 2022

Making decision without all the information is tricky, a case study original ↗

13 Aug 2022

Implementing a "mini-LaTeX" in ~2000 lines of code original ↗

31 Jul 2022

That time when I accidentally social engineered myself to a film set original ↗

28 Jul 2022

Further adventures in creating a custom math-themed jigsaw puzzle original ↗

11 Jul 2022

Attempting to create an aesthetic global line breaking algorithm original ↗

14 Jun 2022

Creating your own math-themed jigsaw puzzle from scratch original ↗

7 Jun 2022

A look in the game design of choose-your-own-adventure books original ↗

23 May 2022

Sometimes the real world gives you unexpected comedy gold original ↗

21 May 2022

Of snaps and stratagem original ↗

25 Apr 2022

Getting web proxys and certificates working on Linux or "if it's all the same to you, I'd rather take a thousand years of the Sarlacc pit, thankyouverymuch"original ↗

11 Apr 2022

Looking at building some parts of the Unreal engine with Meson original ↗

3 Apr 2022

The C++ best practices game jam sample project Meson conversion original ↗

1 Apr 2022

Please provide tarball releases of your projects original ↗

20 Feb 2022

Supporting external modules in Godot game engine with Meson original ↗

12 Feb 2022

Typesetting an Entire Book Part IV: The Content original ↗

10 Feb 2022

Converting Godot game engine to Meson, how you can help original ↗

4 Feb 2022

Compiling LibreOffice with Meson even further original ↗

2 Feb 2022

Porting the LO Windows build to macOS original ↗

29 Jan 2022

Building a part of LibreOffice on Windows using only Meson and WrapDB original ↗

27 Jan 2022

Portability is not sufficient for portability original ↗

8 Jan 2022

2021

This year receive the gift of a free Meson manual original ↗

24 Dec 2021

Typesetting a whole book part III, the analog edition original ↗

9 Nov 2021

A call for more downstream testing of Meson original ↗

25 Oct 2021

Glyphtracer 2.0 original ↗

20 Sept 2021

Swappable faceplates for laptops original ↗

11 Sept 2021

Hercule Poirot and the Mystery Box, as written by JJ Abrams original ↗

10 Aug 2021

Looking at building O3DE with Meson, part II original ↗

31 Jul 2021

How much effort would it take to convert OpenSSL's Perl source code generators to Python?original ↗

29 Jul 2021

A quick look at the O3DE game engine and building it with Meson original ↗

19 Jul 2021

A followup to the Refterm blog post original ↗

8 Jul 2021

Looking at the performance of Refterm original ↗

4 Jul 2021

Typesetting a full book part II, Scribus original ↗

11 Jun 2021

An overhaul of Meson's WrapDB dependency management/package manager service original ↗

8 Jun 2021

Formatting an entire book with LibreOffice, what's it like?original ↗

4 Jun 2021

Managing dependencies with Meson + WrapDB original ↗

27 May 2021

Why all open source maintainers are jerks, the Drake equation hypothesis original ↗

18 May 2021

.C as a file extension for C++ is not portable original ↗

13 May 2021

Is the space increase caused by static linking a problem?original ↗

5 May 2021

"Should we break the ABI" is the wrong question original ↗

3 May 2021

The joys of creating Xcode project files original ↗

24 Apr 2021

Converting a project to Meson: the olc Pixel Game Engine original ↗

10 Apr 2021

Never use environment variables for configuration original ↗

31 Mar 2021

Writing a library and then using it as a Meson dependency directly from upstream Git original ↗

22 Mar 2021

Microsoft is shipping a product built with Meson original ↗

19 Mar 2021

Mixing Rust into an existing C shared library using Meson original ↗

10 Mar 2021

Millennium prize problems but for Linux original ↗

24 Feb 2021

Why most programming language performance comparisons are most likely wrong original ↗

6 Feb 2021

Using a gamepad to control a painting application original ↗

31 Jan 2021

Quick review of Lenovo Yoga 9i laptop original ↗

5 Jan 2021

2020

Some things a potential Git replacement probably needs to provide original ↗

28 Dec 2020

How Apple might completely take over end users' computers original ↗

27 Nov 2020

Adding (very) preliminary support for C++ modules in Meson original ↗

21 Nov 2020

The Nine Phases of an Open Source Project Maintainer original ↗

16 Nov 2020

Proposal for target-private directories for compilers original ↗

7 Nov 2020

You wanted Boost via Meson subprojects? You got it! (sorta)original ↗

2 Nov 2020

How to build dependencies as Meson subprojects using SDL as an example original ↗

30 Oct 2020

The Meson Manual: Good News, Bad News and Good News original ↗

26 Oct 2020

Cargo-style dependency management for C, C++ and other languages with Meson original ↗

20 Oct 2020

Does C++ still deserve the bad rap it has had for so long?original ↗

15 Oct 2020

Is your project a unique snowflake or do you just think that it is?original ↗

6 Oct 2020

Want GCC's cleanup attribute in Visual Studio? Here's what to do.original ↗

15 Sept 2020

Proposal for a computer game research topic: the walk/game ratio original ↗

13 Sept 2020

Resist the urge to argue about app store security original ↗

30 Aug 2020

It ain't easy being a unique snowflake, the laptop purchasing edition original ↗

28 Aug 2020

Most "mandatory requirements" in corporations are imaginary original ↗

17 Aug 2020

The second edition of the Meson manual is out original ↗

8 Aug 2020

About that "Google always builds everything from source every time" thing original ↗

29 Jul 2020

Pinebook Pro longer term usage report original ↗

25 Jul 2020

The ABI stability matryoshka original ↗

19 Jul 2020

What if? Revision control systems did not have merge original ↗

7 Jul 2020

What is best in open source projects?original ↗

1 Jul 2020

The human brain comprehends atoms but it does not comprehend electrons original ↗

16 Jun 2020

Short term usability is not the same as long term usability original ↗

8 Jun 2020

The need for some sort of a general trademark/logo license original ↗

13 May 2020

Enforcing locking with C++ nonmovable types original ↗

11 May 2020

Let's talk meta original ↗

3 May 2020

You have to kill your perlings original ↗

1 May 2020

Do humans or compilers produce faster code?original ↗

19 Apr 2020

Your statement is 100% correct but misses the entire point original ↗

11 Apr 2020

Meson manual sales status and price adjustment original ↗

5 Apr 2020

It's not what programming languages do, it's what they shepherd you to original ↗

26 Mar 2020