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| newsletters:2026-05 [2026/06/03 22:27] – [What we'll be up to in June] osnr | newsletters:2026-05 [2026/06/03 22:29] (current) – [General system improvements] osnr |
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| * [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/commit/66d771a4557a8e3194908da36721512bdd0800d0|Fixed epoch thread slot cleanup]] so you can keep churning threads without running out of epoch slots in the epoch-based reclamation system | * [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/commit/66d771a4557a8e3194908da36721512bdd0800d0|Fixed epoch thread slot cleanup]] so you can keep churning threads without running out of epoch slots in the epoch-based reclamation system |
| * [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/commit/8caf5ca89c9629931bd3480ba75a134cc393e972|Debounced/reduced canvas creation churn]] when the statement's parent goes away and comes back a lot | * [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/commit/8caf5ca89c9629931bd3480ba75a134cc393e972|Debounced/reduced canvas creation churn]] when the statement's parent goes away and comes back a lot |
| * [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/commit/dfbc6b0dce918d6ad99d277cd907a31622b710eb|Fixed RAM exhaustion check]] which had been broken by using meminfo file instead of API | * [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/commit/dfbc6b0dce918d6ad99d277cd907a31622b710eb|Fixed RAM exhaustion check]] which had been broken by using meminfo file instead of API (this fix makes it harder to fully break systems such that you can't even ssh in) |
| * [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/commit/1c4fac2910827b28d578007c0d976842e152ac90|Fixed -atomically]] flag for When which wasn't actually getting the When pattern to distinguish between blocks on the same origin, so you'd get unnecessary blinking | * [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/commit/1c4fac2910827b28d578007c0d976842e152ac90|Fixed -atomically]] flag for When which wasn't actually getting the When pattern to distinguish between blocks on the same origin, so you'd get unnecessary blinking |
| * Also now use atomicallyWithKey to control blinking on titles/footnotes/etc | * Also now use atomicallyWithKey to control blinking on titles/footnotes/etc |
| ==== Andrés ==== | ==== Andrés ==== |
| * [[https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXWqD1oigMV/|A pen and paper game, kind of like a 2-player minesweeper? Very interesting to see people developing new games like this!]] | * [[https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXWqD1oigMV/|A pen and paper game, kind of like a 2-player minesweeper? Very interesting to see people developing new games like this!]] |
| * [[https://www.instagram.com/reels/DY65ZWZJIvN/|A scissor hinge, make totally out of (heavy weight) paper!! | * [[https://www.instagram.com/reels/DY65ZWZJIvN/|A scissor hinge, make totally out of (heavy weight) paper!!]] |
| * [[https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey?utm_source=vicki&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=we-should-be-more-tired-than-the-model#user-content-fnref-1|My AI Adoption Journey]] (Mitchell Hashimoto) — the only one of these sorts of posts I've actually found reasonable | * [[https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey?utm_source=vicki&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=we-should-be-more-tired-than-the-model#user-content-fnref-1|My AI Adoption Journey]] (Mitchell Hashimoto) — the only one of these sorts of posts I've actually found reasonable |
| * [[https://sre.google/resources/practices-and-processes/no-heroes/|Why Heroism Is Bad And What We Can Do To Stop It]] (Alexander Malmberg) — an oldie (2015 ... which was 11 years ago) but a goodie, from Google, on changing team dynamics to avoid depending on "heros" (who often burn out) | * [[https://sre.google/resources/practices-and-processes/no-heroes/|Why Heroism Is Bad And What We Can Do To Stop It]] (Alexander Malmberg) — an oldie (2015 ... which was 11 years ago) but a goodie, from Google, on changing team dynamics to avoid depending on "heros" (who often burn out) |
| * [[https://www.surfabeam.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio|Sufabeam]] — weird but interesting little app that let's you do planar projection mapping pretty easily | * [[https://www.surfabeam.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio|Sufabeam]] — weird but interesting little app that let's you do planar projection mapping pretty easily |
| * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zokKqP0plrM|IBM CONFIDENTIAL: SYSTEM/360 FILE ORGANIZATION]] — This is a video on the filesystem of IBM's System/360; intended for salesmen, it's interesting to appreciate how much this has and hasn't become irrelevant to modern computing. | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zokKqP0plrM|IBM CONFIDENTIAL: SYSTEM/360 FILE ORGANIZATION]] — This is a video on the filesystem of IBM's System/360; intended for salesmen, it's interesting to appreciate how much this has and hasn't become irrelevant to modern computing. |
| * [[https://x.com/picardie_aurora/status/1547967294533316614|"someone said they were a ‘cloud architect’, for a moment i imagined the most incredible job in the world before i realized they mean like software"] | * [[https://x.com/picardie_aurora/status/1547967294533316614|"someone said they were a ‘cloud architect’, for a moment i imagined the most incredible job in the world before i realized they mean like software"]] |
| * [[https://lifelatelymag.framer.website/|A website that takes your camera roll and turns it into a magazine to send to your friends]] - maybe this specific service isn't so great, I haven't tried it myself, but the rise of services like this (see also: [[https://www.getprinternet.com/|Printernet]], a monthly internet reading list, printed and mailed to your house!) is very Folk-Computer-y (folky?) | * [[https://lifelatelymag.framer.website/|A website that takes your camera roll and turns it into a magazine to send to your friends]] - maybe this specific service isn't so great, I haven't tried it myself, but the rise of services like this (see also: [[https://www.getprinternet.com/|Printernet]], a monthly internet reading list, printed and mailed to your house!) is very Folk-Computer-y (folky?) |
| * https://omnifixo.com/en-us | * https://omnifixo.com/en-us |
