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2025 in Review

by ian

I have never done one of these kinds of public posts, but saw a few from friends so I thought it might be useful! This year I was simultaneously more focused on my technical craft than ever, but also ...

Delightfully Simple Pipelines with Nushell

by ian

I've been using nushell as my daily driver for about six months now, and wanted to show a few simple examples of why I'm enjoying it so much. I think it's a breath of fresh air compared to most shells...

Faster SSH File Transfers with rsync

by ian

If you're a developer or sysadmin, there's a pretty good chance you've had to transfer files back and forth. Back in the old days, you may have used the ftp utility or something similar (I think my fi...

Elecom Deft Pro - Two Months In

by ian

It's not quite two months in, but I said I'd give an update on the Elecom Deft Pro after some use, so here I am! Bad Stuff Bad news first... Initial Adjustment Period I'm not gonna lie, the initial ad...

Const Assertions

by ian

I'm currently working on a project which involves a lot of lower level data structures. By lower level I mean things like layout and bit positions, and exact sizes being important. As such, I have a n...

Elecom Deft Pro - First Impressions

by ian

I recently picked up a new trackball to replace my prematurely aging Elecom HUGE. Here are my first impressions after only a few hours, since there wasn't much I could find online comparing them prope...