garden

Hi, welcome to my brain. I post my notes publicly because it’s either this or they rot forever on my hard drive.

Here is what I’m thinking about right now.

What’s here

Class notes

• OSTEP.
• Linear algebra and (engineering-style) boolean algebra.
• There was one class where we learned about Rails but I didn’t like it too much.

Minecrafty stuff

• Collected notes on the DataFixerUpper papers.
• Forge, Bitrot, and You; or, The e04c5335922c5e457f0a7cd62c93c4a7f699f829 Problem.
• How do Neoforge installers actually work?
• How Voldeloom works at a high level.
• binpatches.pack.lzma in post-Launchwrapper Forge.
• How does tiny-remapper work?
• “Apathy lang”
• Another way to do datagen.
• Why you shouldn’t use chatgpt to diagnose Minecraft errors.
• “Can you make the game a little less lonely?”
• You should learn Java to mod Minecraft, not a different language.
• Reddit hivemind opinions.
• Datapacks bad

Tools:

• the lang trimmer
• Versions for things

Java stuff

• How does Maven work?
• The mill build system
• Processing zip files in Java

Specific pieces of software

• How do you set up SSH keys?
• How do you set up signify?
• Tmux cheat sheet
• How to read and write Lean function definitions
• The syncthing situation, as of mid-2025
• CIA jars?
• Dissecting “char min glee” by Jack Lance
• the Nook Simple Touch (2011)
• Styling forms
• Towards a good config system
• The wrong abstraction.
• No, we’re not destroying software.

Whatever else

• Always a student
• Note notes
• Executive function
• Do not register for any protest action
• Breaking a bone

Furry subculture resources

Oh no!

• Advice about attending conventions.
• Advice about navigating the FWA hotel.
• Every single vendor at FWA 2025.

What’s not here

• Anything useful or of importance to anyone
• Want to browse off this website as soon as possible? Click on something from the link dump.