Zig is safe, I'm learning it the hard way

Truth be told, I've heard about Zig being safer than C, but I did not know what it meant—mainly because I did not know why C is unsafe. Today I came across one of those scenarios. It stumped me for a couple of hours until I realized…

Fat, bald, and broke

If I'm completely honest with myself, the effort I'm putting in is completely lackluster. It has been bothering me for the last few weeks, and despite me trying to push those feelings aside, I have had to face it. Looking the other way only adds to…

Claude code is way better than cursor

Finally, an AI that can really take care of the tedious work. The last few days I've been really enjoying Claude Code doing all the things that act as the biggest hurdle to me starting on something. It's way better than Cursor, not because it'…

Sure it's hard but at least give it a try first

If the Handmade Hero series has taught me anything in its first week, it is that it's very much possible to build directly using system libraries if you wanted to. Without having to use other libraries that make it easier for you to use. In the last couple…

Be careful what you wish for

Maybe a month or two ago I got quite confident at my abilities to face my fears and decided to step it up a notch. So I asked God to show me all of my fears. Big mistake. Turns out if you want to see your shortcomings God responds pretty…

After a while shit just sucks

No matter how much fun it is or how much joy the outcome brings, showing up is still a right pain in the arse. It's something I know but still need reminding of. After what felt like an eternity, I've finally got sick of me being…

Falling in love with programming again

Lately I've been really enjoying programming quite a lot. It feels like the early days where it was all I did. Even if the frequency is not the same, I'm loving every minute of it. Especially since the last year or two I had fallen out…

How to open a window in X11 with Zig

This one took me a week combing through docs watching others do it to figure this out. So maybe someone else would find a need for this. Although the API is a bit odd, it's wild to think that this API is from the 1980's and…