Notices by 𐌀𐌌𐌙 :emacs: (a@talk.marq42.xyz)

https://blog.amygrinn.com/releases/boxy-2-0-0.html

boxy-2.0.0 is now available in GNU ELPA. This version contains a small new feature but most importantly the underlying data structure of a box was changed from an eieio object to a cl defstruct. Eieio objects are much heavier than structs, which are usually just well-defined vectors. In principle the performance should be improved, but I haven't really done any benchmarking unfortunately.

All of my boxy packages have been updated to use the new data structure and will start to be published to ELPA and https://packages.amygrinn.com soon!

The new feature is the ability to specify a buffer which boxy will use to draw a diagram.

This release was difficult for me in a lot of ways. This package was initially written during a very rough period in my life. I've been writing boxy packages ever since, but the underlying library has required some TLC for quite a while. In fact, it was the second package I ever developed for Emacs, the first being a silly package named eventuel. I was also intimidated by the complexity. The library is massive and pretty much every algorithm is recursive. I seriously questioned if I could still comprehend it all.

All in all, this update took me a little more than a day, much less time than I was expecting. I helpfully left myself plenty of documentation and my naming conventions were easy to memorize. Getting the refactor to a working state was an amazing feeling. What had become a black box to me, mysteriously spitting out boxy diagrams, is now a living codebase that I can fully envision again.

@cwebber@social.coop fun fact about this line:

https://gitlab.com/spritely/spritely-website/-/blob/5c187e2ae41cac0cd5bab5c50e90afcde66b34e2/static/css/spritely.css#L299

It's also been my Life Plan: grow, ease out of it, then vibe infinitely.

@jonbro@friend.camp @cwebber@social.coop Bluesky's credible exit refers to the ability of another organization to host the network, including user data and posts, without needing any special access or OK from the Bluesky foundation (I think). This should be a laudable goal, but its feasibility remains to be seen.

I happened to find this picture I took, probably accidentally, just before meeting @cwebber@octodon.social and @dthompson@toot.cat, who have turned out to be the most supportive bosses I could ever ask for. I remember thinking: ok, I look good enough, my office is a mess though. It has been a wonderful few weeks working at Spritely and I'm very excited for the future of our organization and my contributions to it.

@unicornCoder@fosstodon.org @cwebber@octodon.social that's it lol! Yeah you just rest your hands on your thighs and start typing. Keyboard pants.