I have been using iTerm2 for ages and would have continued had a recent update not broken ligatures for me. I am so glad it did, because it lead me to Alacritty.

What

Alacritty does all the things I need and may even be faster than iTerm2. It is also Read on →

KBParadise V60 Polestar Keyboard

I recently purchased my first non-Model-M mechanical keyboard, the KBParadise V60 polestar.

Night

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I like the 60% size, the feel of the cherry MX clear key switches, and the customization potential from its ATMEGA32u4 microcontroller. The original layout of the keyboard did not Read on →

This is another article in the scala-notes series. This one deals with what I call number madness.

What!?

Numbers are used everywhere in code, and often the type used is something like Int (Scala) or Integer/int (Java). These simple types are familiar to those of us who used languages like C but should not be used without considering Read on →