"But time will not permit: all is uneven, And every thing is left at six and seven"

I wrote a blog post about the "swiss tables" hashtable design that's used in the new map implementation in Go. It's here. On Medium of all places. medium.com/@philpearl/s.... Don't ask me why I didn't put it on my usual blog philpearl.github.io: I don't have a good answer!

📚 The 2nd edition of 🔒Container Security 🔒 is out now! 📚 bookshop.org/p/books/cont...

Deleting emails as fast as I can

People are worried about AI. I can just keep ordering from Dishoom.

Life changing event: we can get Dishoom delivered to the house!

Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

Happy #InternationalLizRiceDay everyone! Remember, since the #LizMasDay reforms, human sacrifice is no longer necessary - even frowned upon.

Robert De Niro knocks it out of the park #usa #roasted

This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times

And Design Number Two:

Come on Democracy, you had *one* job!

You can send donations yourself direct to ukraine here: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ #SlavaUkraïni

Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling

Apple intelligence. The intelligence of an apple.

I only did about 1800 tweets, but I blocked over 600 accounts

Wow!! BBC nails it!!!

Aims for 2025: death to scrolling.

What do Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have to do with performance of Go maps? Almost nothing. philpearl.github.io/post/map_cle... #golang #performance

My very talented artist sister-in-law is selling some lovely ink drawings, raising money for the charity Mind themerchantstable.co.uk/products/ink...

I for one welcome our Christmas troll overlords

The foxes that sleep in our garden steal toys from our neighbours. They’ve got a little dog that they cuddle when they sleep

I'm still upset about this sign

I’m pretty sure neither of my followers will be interested in this post about unsafe things in #golang philpearl.github.io/post/dumb_wa..., but what can you do?

Anyone need an invite code?

I'm still upset about this sign

Planning the release of a recent song I recorded (given up on idea of waiting for a whole EP, it’ll take me a year!) Looking for advice on how to make it as successful as possible. I think Spotify have some articles, but what other things do you recommend, oh lovely Bluesky people?

First BBQ of the summer

I've just blocked everyone following me who follows more than 10000 accounts. I have 11 real followers, two of whom are my wife. Seems like plenty.

Discovered today that this beautiful sign has been replaced with a much worse sign

Unfollowed three people and now my feed is sane

If you're going to buy this book the right time to buy it is now

If there’s chicken in a basket, why isn’t there beef in a carrier bag or pork in a satchel?