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some thoughts, stories and reflections from throughout the years.
- >When Rust is bad (and the "problem" with async)07 Aug, 2025I recently wanted to update my website, as one does. I wanted to make it in Rust. I thought it was a good fit. I used SvelteKit previously, which I really enjoy, but I don't want to change my website much and I want it to keep running with low ovdevrust1.3k words
- >Is it obvious, or can't you explain it?04 Aug, 2025One of my pet peeves is people responding something along the lines of "yeah, it's obvious" in a dismissive way to some statement I made. I would guess that, let's say, 80% of those responses are people that actually can't explain that thing, 15%personalreasoning0.3k words
- >Trenitalia Bingo31 Jul, 2025I've spent some time in Rome lately and specifically in Termini station, which is one of the biggest in Europe. Naturally, it is full of trains and I started to notice some patterns. I took some pictures because I generally find trains interestingpersonaltrainspics0.8k words
- >I think socializing changed my brain chemistry13 Jun, 2025Off rip: I have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm talking off my ass. I'm probably wrong in many ways. But... I have been hearing people talk about their "brain chemistry", especially in the context of depression and anti-depressants. And I am npersonalmusings1.0k words
- >Is music really "mathematical"?02 Apr, 2025Since I was a teenager I've been very strongly classified as a "math person" and pretty strongly classified as a "music person". And that's not terribly uncommon. A lot of people that like math (including physicist and other scientists) are also spersonalmusicmusings1.2k words
- >Trying to manage my tasks using a todo.txt file19 Mar, 2025I don't like how I have my TODOs organized, but I really need TODOs to make my life work. Sometimes it makes me a bit uncomfortable thinking that I can't do work unless I have some system to keep track of what I do, but it is the reality of the sdevorganization0.5k words
- >wait, helix is so good13 Mar, 2025Tell me if this sounds familiar. You start programming. Maybe you used Unity following Brackets tutorials, maybe it's scratch or mind storms, maybe it's sublime with some Python script you wanted to do some thing with, maybe it's JupyterLab or Intdevsetuptasteopinion1.4k words
- >Abstraction is bad (so it'd better be justified)01 Sep, 2024This is not a very deep or new idea, but I like to spell it out as so: "Abstraction", by itself, as a word, is bad. Think about it: when something is "abstract" it means it's harder to understand, less connected to the tangible day-to-day thingsdevmusings0.2k words
- >What is the chance you randomly guess the correct answer? a) 25%, b) 60%, c) 25%, d) 50%.23 Mar, 2024This is a common "pop probability" question and I want to have my say at what the answer is. By all means, think about it and try to reach a conclusion for yourself. Hint: I think there's a very clear correct answer. Ready? Here goes. The solutionmathpuzzle0.4k words
- >Series that don't have 3s19 May, 2022My 2019 attempt to make a series that has 0 every third element and n otherwise. Backstory One of the last math topics we did in 9th grade (3ยบ de la ESO) was series. My wonderful math teacher at the time (Marta) put up the challenge of coming upmathpersonal1.2k words