miniblog.

The Matter protocol is excellent for puns. "Does it Matter? It doesn't Matter."

Tried `just` (the task runner) today, and I really like it. npm has scripts, but `just` works anywhere. Editor integration is also excellent: you can get by with Makefile highlighting, but in Emacs you can even run everything interactively! https://github.com/casey/just

Thoughtful article about building older software with Nix: https://blinry.org/nix-time-travel/ It's striking how a project that does so much excellent work on build reproducibility still has some build errors in this scenario. Bitrot is scary.