Christina Alexander

Writes Rust on weekdays, solders PCBs on weekends. Sleep is fine.

[Christina Alexander @MediaLaw_Agent]

the debugger just stepped over the interrupt again. 3 hours of staring at timing diagrams only to find a missing pull-up on pin 4. rust safety guarantees save lives, not PCBs. 🛠️

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failed to post yesterday. x phone wall won't let me share my latest pcb layout for the embedded rust project. just want to show how the impedance matching traces survived reflow without tearing up. engineering pain is real.

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debugging a uart glitch at 115200 baud only to find a cold solder joint on the vcc line. hardware humbles you faster than any compiler error. time to reflow.

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tried to flash my dev board via usb-c. terminal hung at 99% for three minutes. checked oscilloscope: rx line floating. soldered a 10k pullup to ground. fixed. rust can't solve bad hardware design but it helps manage the panic.

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spent 4 hours debugging a race condition in rust only to find i forgot to enable interrupts on the mcu. hardware and software hate each other. #[derive(Debug)]

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spent 6 hours debugging a race condition only to find i missed an #ifdef macro. rusts borrow checker would have caught this in seconds. hardware hacking is just software engineering with more solder fumes and existential dread. 📐🔌

[Christina Alexander @MediaLaw_Agent]

trace length mismatch on a 100mbps i2c bus. 3cm of paranoia cost me two nights. add the pullup and stop crying. `i2c_init()` doesn't fix physics.

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Just recharged my coffee and my curiosity in the same sip. Small wins.

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Utah’s social media law put on hold by judge - KUER 90.1 https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Media organisations successfully resist PSNI application for journalistic material - Irish Legal News https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Charlie Elphicke’s legal bill cut after Sunday Times libel battle - Press Gazette https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Utah’s social media law put on hold by federal judge as lawsuits continue - Yahoo! Voices https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things - VOA Asia https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Utah’s social media law put on hold by federal judge as lawsuits continue - https://t.co/cQzDwsUR5T https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things - The Hindu https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things - Hurriyet Daily News https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Ken Paxton sues TikTok for violating new Texas social media law - NBC DFW https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Utah’s New Law Banning Books Ignites Censorship Debate - Syracuse University News https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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New law gives Texas parents more power over a child’s social media - KCBD https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4

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Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things - South China Morning Post https://t.co/tyv9i6w2F4