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  Going to #MatrixConf ? You might like my attempt at no-encryption-knowledge-required explanation of how we keep your messages safe from prying eyes! @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org

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  LLMs produce plausible noise https://artificialworlds.net/blog/2026/07/22/llms-produce-plausible-noise/ In which I attempt to understand modern things in terms of my ancient PhD.

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  Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html

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  I just moved another project from github to codeberg.

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  Did you catch my video on unsafe in Rust? The unsafe keyword has two completely different meanings in Rust code. https://video.infosec.exchange/w/5uZxNvLr219pepwcPDbL6X #rustlang #video #programming

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  I just put my money where my mouth is and signed up to donate regularly to Codeberg.

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  I just invented an ASCII-based domain-specific language to talk to my wife about aeroplane seating. I am not convinced she appreciated it.

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  Want to write open source Rust for a living? https://apply.workable.com/elementio/j/41EF6FAB51/ #rustlang #fossjobs

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  A full (slow) solution to the Billion Row Challenge https://video.infosec.exchange/w/hzreVwHv7hETKUG82KtGGd A little late, we write some Rust that actually solves the whole problem, albeit fairly slowly. #video #coding #rustlang

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  https://artificialworlds.net/poems/invented.html #poem

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  Why I don't use AI https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/

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  Cherish the humans around you: friends, family, colleagues, yourself. They are imperfect, you are imperfect. Cherish them anyway, as best you can, when you can.

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  If you don't want AI contributions to your project, here is a standard NOAI.md file you can add: https://codeberg.org/andybalaam/noai.md Contributions and suggestions welcome on the repo. Please do boost! #noai

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  The billion row challenge: splitting lines using SIMD in Rust https://video.infosec.exchange/w/oyJg67E2P8HfuAcxPDboSm I was scared to do it, but it was actually fine! This time we look at the quickest way to split up massive text files into separate lines, first the easy way, then with SIMD, which allows us to process 64 bytes simultaneously, using a single CPU instruction! #video #coding #rustlang

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  Tips for avoiding "async bloat" from Dion https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/235/debloat-your-async-rust * Avoid async fns that don't actually need to be async * Use -> impl Future for async 'pass-through' functions (and return Future::ready()) * Use the futures crate to allow more async fns to be rewritten as a 'pass-through' function * When possible, refactor code to share await points * Pass references to large variables instead of...

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  Nice post on checking the security of your connection to an XMPP server from @amolith https://blog.jmp.chat/b/mitigating-mitms-in-xmpp

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  Last night I recorded 2 videos following on from the Billion Rows Challenge[1] one I made before. First we expanded the benchmarks a little and attempted some improvements to the temperature parsing code. Then we extended the implementation to cover parsing the whole line, not just the temperature. I had a light-bulb moment that this was almost trivial, not requiring a costly find to work out where the semicolon was. Next up: the harder parts! [1] https://github.com/gunnarmorling/1brc

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  I presume Box Stacker[1] and Rabbit Escape[2] are going to stop working on most people's phones soonish. What do you think I should do about it? [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.artificialworlds.boxstacker/ [2] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.artificialworlds.rabbitescape/

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  More Rust coding video goodness! https://video.infosec.exchange/w/mjqCDN6XfG4mHLVULUvTnK We're working on the Billion-Row Challenge, trying to measure as we go, and ensure correctness with tests. #rustlang #video #coding

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  Getting more realistic in our Rust performance mission! https://video.infosec.exchange/w/rxF6huWj4RahRP3gsb2BU1 Making our code parse whole lines of the Billion Row Challenge. #coding #rustlang #video

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  In the next releases of Element clients, if we notice your key storage (previously "key backup") is messed up, we will create a new key storage version and everything will just work. We're working, bit by bit, to make using Matrix pain-free. It's not easy, because no-one has built end-to-end encrypted federated messaging with history before. But we are edging forward.

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  For clarity, https://malus.sh is satire. Dark, dark satire.

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  Writing a snake game in Rust/WASM Last time we did the hard work, so this time we can focus directly on writing a fun game of Snake using pure Rust, running in a browser canvas via WASM. https://video.infosec.exchange/w/eXfichLZwz4uDxvDgwhspM It wasn't as quick as I expected, but we got a working game done! #rustlang #programming #video

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  My videos are about enjoying the craft of programming, sometimes learning things but often simply making something out of "nothing", using ideas and tools I enjoy. They are a way for me to be as human as I can. You're welcome to watch.

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  NHS England is rolling out Palantir software to manage our health records - handing huge power to a US spy-tech firm with a track record in surveillance, military technology and human rights abuses. Email your local trust and say NO to Palantir in our NHS: https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/

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  Nice video covering some tricky bits of Rust https://youtu.be/9RsgFFp67eo?si=sySDwQ6ffUIqE-nP #rustlang

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  Rust: compiling to WASM to make a browser-based game using canvas https://video.infosec.exchange/w/pP4vxH7nuAseqMetMe7eVc #coding #video #rustlang

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  Stealing someone else's work as a service. https://nvie.com/posts/15-years-later/