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Hi! Zig-heavy issue this week. 🦎

Toot of the Week

why are we working on AI alignment if we can't even get CSS alignment right — @mia@void.rehab

This Week on arne.me

• Thoughts on Zig (arne.me)

  I share my initial thoughts on Zig after three nights of using it.

• Writing an SDK in Zig (arne.me)

  In this post I continue my Zig journey by starting to write an SDK.

• Emacs Config From Scratch, Part 3: LSP & Tree-sitter (arne.me)

  Finally got around to writing the third part describing my Emacs configuration.

Software

• Writing a task scheduler in Zig (openmymind.net)

  Karl Seguin shows how they wrote a task scheduler in Zig using threads and cond vars.

• You Need More Constraints (borretti.me)

  Fernando Borretti describes different constraints you can implement on relational databases.

• Timeouts and cancellation for humans (vorpus.org)

  Nathaniel J. Smith explains different cancellation techniques.

Cutting Room Floor

• Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content (simonwillison.net)

  Simon Willison came up with a great name for AI-generated content: Slop.

• I want it all but, it is impossible (ohhelloana.blog)

  Ana Rodrigues about the frustration of not having enough time to e.g. read all newsletters or listen to that audiobook.