My name is Aaron Hsu, and I'm a computer scientist. I'm changing the way people look at computing and programming languages, what they can do with them, and how they do it.
Introduction First came Net Neutrality, then came the Snowden leaks, then came so many users’ leaked private photos, then came the evidence of censorship by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, then came the sight of Zuckerberg defending himself and Facebook in front of Congress. In truth, this should not have
So I decided to try to run a Pub server the other day. Unfortunately, it turns out that the state of the pub servers is rather poor right now. Not that they won't work, but simply that the maintenance and work to get one up and running reliably right now
So I'm playing around with Scuttlebutt and Patchwork. I've even set up a pub server: social.sacrideo.us Specifically intended to help those who are interested in keeping up with my own social/technical network. While I can't stand normal social media, perhaps this decentralized stuff might make it easier
It should come as no surprise to anyone who reads this blog that I love to program "by hand." I happen to practice a degree of ascetical programming practices, and I believe that they help me to more deeply internalize and understand problems, ultimately delivering higher quality solutions.
Co-dfns has a new User Command based interface!