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I use C when I believe in memory safety
I am using C for a professional project. I believe in memory safety. Yes, I'm a hypocrite, but please, let me explain.
Gavin Howard
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a husband, and a computing system designer. This is my professional blog and has only my professional writing.
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Is It Even Worth Working on FOSS Anymore?
With companies taking advantage of Free and Open Source Software far more often than they contribute back, and harming users in the process, is it even worth working on anymore?
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“Static Linking Considered Harmful” Considered Harmful
The maintainer of glibc, Ulrich Drepper, wrote an article called "Static Linking Considered Harmful". This is why his post is wrong.
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I Believe Zig Has Function Colors
Proponents of Zig claim that it does not have function colors. In this post, I attempt prove that it does.
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Rewriting Rust: A Response
Joseph Gentle wrote a post on how he wants Rust to change. I am already working on that.
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Code Is Not Technical Debt
Someone is wrong on the Internet; he said that all code is technical debt, and I refute that.