Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social

- I make videos about programming languages at - he/him - God is good. Black lives matter.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

"Mientras tanto, este mundo gira y gira sin poderlo detener."

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

2025 in programming languages! https://t.co/ad5j6yKYDB

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

New video on my tile map editor and file formats. https://t.co/aVr0rYrkHD

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

New video, new project. I'm so distractable. https://t.co/2unexLKAsc

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Started a new side project in Go. First time I've tried using the language seriously. Some things I like and some things I don't. And vaguely related, thinking that wide low res map grid screens should be 240x128.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

80 years today since nuclear weapons have been targeted at people. Hoping to see 90 and 100 years and many more in the future.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

Are there are any memory safe, reference counting languages that have a tiny implementation and compile directly to wasm? I'd like to think I know a good answer to this, but I'm unsure.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

Very small PICO-8 game I made for the GMTK Jam. https://t.co/JsJU09CNns

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

New video! Compiling GDScript to and running on WebAssembly https://t.co/ihsBrUnmre

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@louispilfold Except I fumbled some. I've updated the Zig code in the repo, because I should have tried the easy thing first. I didn't expect it to, but standard error set inference using `![]const u8` on mapJoin just works here.

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Just published a new video on error generics. https://t.co/zQqrrbvBUT

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[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

Happy Easter! And here's a view from my hike yesterday.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

Just published a new video on panics, errors, and exceptions. https://t.co/ZcaW5uJXP3

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Less than 9 minutes left of video recording to edit for the next video. Maybe can release by Friday if I manage to fit time in. If not then likely early next week. Languages: Java, C#, Rust, C, Gleam.

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@o2felt @MrGlass2025 @FirstSquawk They SUPER don't like being controlled by China, even if economic pressures allow them to make money via China sometimes.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

@o2felt @MrGlass2025 @FirstSquawk To be more precise, Vietnam has 1000s of years of history of conflict with China. Han China occupied them for a long time (like 100s of years by any measure), but they aren't a part of China today because they maintained independent attitude the whole time and fought them out.

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@o2felt @FirstSquawk You basically have no clue.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

Some languages with VSCode extensions that I've noticed auto format on save by default:
- Gleam
- Go
- Zig
I love the confidence of reliability and speed that this presupposes and encourages. I haven't yet been burned by them, but I also don't use any of them daily.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

One of my cousins moved to Ukraine from America last year. He provides some of my perspective on the situation there.

[Tom - https://contextfree.bsky.social @contextfreeinfo]

In Coronado National Forest. Very steep trail but great views.