Daily Shaarli

All links of one day in a single page.

January 18, 2025

How I think about Zig and Rust
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Interesting article. There's clearly space for both languages indeed. They'll end up having each their own ecological niches, probably with some overlap.

Sidebar #3: Two Flavors of Medium Risk - Jacob Kaplan-Moss
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Or why it can be dangerous to label medium the high likelihood low impact risks and the low likelihood high impact ones. One category is to be completely avoided while the other brings learning opportunities.

Prototyping in Rust
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A bit long and a bit too much framed in a "vs Python" fashion for my taste. That said it contains good advice on how to prototype or start simple with Rust. It's aligned with some of the advice I give as well. People tend to turn to low level details too quickly forcing themselves into a corner. There are better ways to handle it.

Issues with Color Spaces and Perceptual Brightness — John Austin
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Color perception keeps being a fascinating and difficult topic.

Oh Shit, Git!?!

Stuck in a state you don't like with Git? Here is a list of funny recipes.