Finch

rewrite.md

Really good writeup of Roc’s decision to rewrite their compiler in Zig (original version written in Rust).

roc rust zig

ouaouaron - Wiktionary, the free dictionary - the Canadian French word for “bullfrog”, ouaouaron, likely derives from an Iroquois word pronounced like “wawaron” (which is probably onamotapoeic). French doesn’t really use “w” for that sound, so they used “ou” instead.

linguistics

making a video out of an audio file and a single image:

$ ffmpeg -loop 1 -i cover.jpg -i audio_file.mp3 -c:v libx264 -tune stillimage -c:a aac -shortest -pix_fmt yuv420p output.mp4

Note: the image must have a height that’s divisible by 2.

linux

“the hedgehog is too proud a bird to fly without a kick” - Russian proverb

quotes