Alex Plescan

Software

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@notch Reject mediocrity, whatever form it comes in

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@useTRMNL @remarkablepaper Neat! Got it working with KOReader. I tried the linux approach on the BYOD page but that didn't seem compatible with the reMarkable's unique framebuffer. So far so good with KOReader + trmnl-koreader though.

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@useTRMNL @remarkablepaper Thank you!

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

Adding fog of war to https://t.co/Ordcxg6eIw - clusters of three or more drawings clear it, so neighbourhoods are easy to spot but lonesome tiles stay hidden. Hovering over the fog lets you peek through and select the tiles under it.

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

And here's a short write-up on how it works. Go, SQLite, 2D Canvas, tile maps:
https://t.co/BQThufOmNT

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

I made a site where anyone can add to a big collaborative drawing. No logins (or drawing skills) required :)

https://t.co/Ordcxg6eIw

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

Really hoping the attackers don’t leak my repos full of:

- six competing notes app prototypes
- readmes that just say“TODO”
- projects with 83 dependencies and one feature

Please respect my privacy at this difficult time.

[Hackmanac @H4ckmanac]

🚨Data Breach Alert ‼️

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗣𝗖𝗣 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲

TeamPCP hacking group claimed the compromise and sale of GitHub internal data, allegedly including around 4,000 private repositories containing source code related to GitHub’s main platform and internal organizations.

Threat actor: TeamPCP
Sector: ICT
Data exposure (claimed): Approximately 4,000 private repositories
Data type: Source code
Observed: May 19, 2026
Status: Pending verification
ESIX©: 7.96

Full details and impact assessment on https://t.co/eB7qgxKFAa

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@webguy @GergelyOrosz Yeah, had a play with implementing my own client (AI-assisted). All I was using was one endpoint on the Responses API. No streaming, all very basic. Shaved 30% off my app's binary size! https://t.co/5X25kppsGB

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

Just tried moving off OpenAI's Go SDK in favour of a small client covering just the Responses API... it reduced my binary's size by 30%!

https://t.co/SSx4G9j1r6

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

Just tried moving off OpenAI's Go SDK in favour of a small client covering just the Responses API... it reduced my binary's size by 30%!

https://t.co/SSx4G9j1r6

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@GergelyOrosz If this ends up with OpenAI moving their Go SDK off Stainless, that's a win in my book. The thing currently adds 11MB to my project's binary... nearly half the size of ALL my deps combined.

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@thdxr Just need the brain-computer interface now

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@levelsio @Szut SES provides an SMTP interface - works well

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@thdxr Been experimenting with this, what works for me is annotating the generated code with "TODO LLM: x" comments, then prompting the model to grep and work through them. (compacting between feedback rounds if need be)

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

New post! https://t.co/8oD5CTUF24

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

GNU Parallel book was very much worth the read. Helped me turn a ~14 line bash script into one command :)

Wrote a post with more details: https://t.co/MjQhPI2BNl

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

Wow, reading through the GNU Parallel book and it's hilarious right from its opening dedication...

(it's also free under creative commons, here: https://t.co/fuhKG1S8km)

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

More gems:

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

@dustinmoris And here I've been calling it a "JWT token"... or should I say "JSON Web Token token".

[Alex Plescan @alexplescan]

YouTube ads are really messing with the efficacy of my rick rolls.