2026-08-10T12:06:00Z https://nostr.now Jacob Pratt https://nostr.now/npub128h5ddhu5j6axsa8j4ad48aqaykezpvq50lumnew05nq0tdpqwfqey3c2n https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/001/137/269/original/3d674d7eb528b585.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/001/137/269/original/3d674d7eb528b585.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyj8l6tmjlfm7upavayse8z9h2cg7lltmenf5dtzkutp2xee0h4nczypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypey8kq9uq It&#39;s amazing how bad #GitHub has been over the past few days. I simply can&#39;t load pages, even without going thru SPA stuff. Loading a pull request will hang indefinitely. It&#39;s ridiculous.<br/><br/>That isn&#39;t even to mention their app, which has been doing something similar for longer.<br/><br/>#programming 2026-07-12T20:31:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszrl6kvky0ayx3rxu9u2hljje8qyhn7kl3lutndgqc0kl2me4v4kgzypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeyw8a3vl After countless hours spread over multiple months, I am happy to announce the addition of a `Timestamp` type to the `time` crate. It is a highly-optimized representation of a moment in time with nanosecond precision, fully interoperability with all existing types and the standard library.<br/><br/>In order to land this, I redesigned parts of value formatting to ensure conversions were not performed unnecessarily. This gave performance benefits to other types as well!<br/><br/>#Rust #RustLang #programming 2026-06-21T00:58:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz28ft62k999x9e0lea0e7hperkyn3lq8mx6t553m6m7rfu6f2l2szypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeytf2un9 If your built was (temporarily) broken by the recent release of `time`, please send me a link to the relevant `Cargo.toml` so I can ensure there is no unexpected breakage when I re-release it (patched, of course).<br/><br/>#Rust #RustLang 2026-06-13T05:19:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfhqsck4gx8ht6vd0v3p94yjq7ln0qse3sat2x5znecekhjr23v0gzypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeyc6ccsw RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jhpratt/116481124268915139">https://mastodon.social/@jhpratt/116481124268915139</a><br/><br/>The crates I maintain on crates.io don&#39;t have 2.8 billion downloads for nothing. My work is high quality, as anyone who has worked with me will attest to.<br/><br/>Unsure what I can do? I&#39;ve spent some time optimizing the `time` crate. From knocking 10% off of hot paths to 10x speedups in edge cases, the gains are unquestionably real and impactful.<br/><br/>Interested? Send me a message here or send an email to what&#39;s on my profile: <a href="https://github.com/jhpratt">https://github.com/jhpratt</a><br/><br/>#FediHire #GetFediHired #Rust #RustLang #programming<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1jrzzwj0uwaalt2cnfaa8tedgza3s3p8yzma8ada9f9vjd8a35lrq82s3fp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1jrz…s3fp</a></span><br/> </div> Starting in June, I'll be available for contracting work again! While I prefer Rust work and that is very much my expertise, I have knowledge of plenty of other languages as well.<br/><br/>Whether it is assisting in integrating Rust into your existing workflow, getting CI to be "just right", or designing a new system from the ground up, reach out to me! I have availability and know what I'm doing.<br/><br/>#Rust #RustLang #programming #FediHire #GetFediHired </blockquote> 2026-05-02T07:22:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfp3p8f878w7l44vf577n4uk5pwccgsnjpd7n7k7j5jkfxn7c603szypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypey6wqma7 Starting in June, I&#39;ll be available for contracting work again! While I prefer Rust work and that is very much my expertise, I have knowledge of plenty of other languages as well.<br/><br/>Whether it is assisting in integrating Rust into your existing workflow, getting CI to be &#34;just right&#34;, or designing a new system from the ground up, reach out to me! I have availability and know what I&#39;m doing.<br/><br/>#Rust #RustLang #programming #FediHire #GetFediHired 2026-04-28T07:21:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspxxvxhsnnu4sd5cp3jw4zdkcxsmf632487ju5srpcxwsmtwnhf5qzypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeyhxqg8s TIL many Asian cities are simply named &#34;capital&#34;<br/><br/>Seoul: capital city<br/>Beijing: northern capital<br/>Nanjing: southern capital<br/>Kyoto: capital city<br/>Tokyo: eastern capital<br/>Astana: capital city 2025-04-16T04:14:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2plnryxlh2jc6rvchnepuf6vfvv9nwuh4f34u9d3z7yrznc8ypzszypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeypltkr9 teenagers have better opsec for porn than secdef does for war plans 2025-03-26T21:35:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg4t3aerpeudu44jam2y4fupxdujezcy4ye0e6x0x55malxrye3rgzypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeyky93nd Looking into a trip to a few places in Latin America later this year. Among the things I was checking was whether yellow fever vaccines are required (no for my plans).<br/><br/>As it turns out the airport in Bogotá offers free yellow fever vaccines to all, including foreigners. And given the apparent price, it is unironically cheaper for people in some US cities to fly to Bogotá, get a vaccine, and return home than it is to go around the corner and get a shot.<br/><br/>American healthcare at its finest. 2025-03-08T09:14:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspq33tx8y7266zx5kd5hvtqd8mfda862kz0esxxpfwc3rgc3nlksgzypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeyh7lvee I just saw it pointed out that &#34;X&#34; is 88 decimal in ASCII. Suddenly everything falls into place... 2025-01-26T02:39:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqkxjm8scw200v9q0l3zcd43s5y528shc3kf433zxk949hzyh0e2qzypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeydshft0 For those not used to walking on ice: lean forward a bit. You want your center of gravity to be directly over the foot that is on the ground. It will likely feel like you&#39;re walking like a penguin.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not perfect, but at a minimum it means you will fall forwards and not backwards, which is safer as your head won&#39;t impact the ground.<br/><br/>Happy to answer any questions people have about winter weather. I&#39;ve lived in an area with weather like this my whole life.<br/><br/>Stay safe! 2025-01-06T06:04:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2hhzavf5h9p8eyvsltf4rc8hfts7qmyqg76h07gm4sajss007w4czypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeyqth6ua Apparently the US will be sending anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine. Only one problem: Ukraine is a party to the Ottawa Treaty that bans land mines outright and the US has said that it will abide by it outside of the Korean peninsula.<br/><br/>Yes, you read that right. Both the US and Ukraine just openly admitted that they will be committing war crimes in the immediate future. 2024-11-20T04:55:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fnwh9t43xgvutzqa87kz7d6v3r34a43spqqfkv0upmpr062rn9qzypg7734kljjtt56r572h4k5l5r5jmyg9sz3llnw09e7jvpad5ypeyavqna6 Who&#39;s hiring? I have significant experience in #Rust and would prefer remote work (unless you&#39;re offering relocation to Europe 🇪🇺👀 ).<br/><br/>#FediHire #programming #RustLang 2024-10-04T06:03:20Z