commit: 086937277f57891002c746adfebad8faf0fc7448 parent 62414c3b1aa9a21ae61e28f083eb0d138ef2299d Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:07:55 -0400 Status updateDiffstat:
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diff --git a/content/blog/Status-update-October-2020.gmi b/content/blog/Status-update-October-2020.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +I'm writing this month's status update from a brand-new desktop workstation (well, I re-used the GPU), my first new workstation in about 10 years. I hope this new one lasts for another decade! I aimed for something smaller and lightweight this time — it's a Mini-ITX build. I've only been running this for a few days, so let me tell you about the last few accomplishments which are accountable to my venerable workstation's final days of life. + +First, there's been a ton of important work completed for SourceHut's API 2.0 plans. All of the main blockers for the first version of meta.sr.ht's writable GraphQL API are resolved, and after implementing a few more resolvers it should be in a shippable state. This included riggings for database transactions, simplification of the mini-"ORM" I built, and support for asyncronous work like delivering webhooks. The latter called for a new library, dowork, which you're free to reuse to bring asyncronous work processing to your Go programs. + +=> https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/dowork/ dowork + +I also built a new general-purpose daemon for SourceHut called chartsrv, which can be used to generate graphs from Prometheus data. + +=> https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/chartsrv/ chartsrv +=> https://prometheus.io/ prometheus + +I've been getting more into Gemini this month, and have completed three (or four?) whole projects for it: + +=> https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/gmni/ gmni and gmnlm: a client implementation and line-mode browser +=> https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/gmnisrv/ gmnisrv: a server implementation +=> https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/kineto/ kineto: an HTTP->Gemini portal + +The (arguably) fourth project is the completion of a Gemini version of this blog, which is available at gemini://drewdevault.com, or via the kineto portal at https://portal.drewdevault.com. I'll be posting some content exclusively on Gemini (and I already have!), so get yourself a client if you want to tune in. + +I have also invested some effort into himitsu, a project I shelved for so long that you probably don't remember it. Worry not, I have rewritten the README.md to give you a better introduction to it. + +=> https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/himitsu himitsu + +Bonus update: two new BARE implementations have appeared: OCaml and Java. + +=> https://baremessages.org BARE + +That's all for now! I'll see you for the next update soon. Thanks for your support! diff --git a/content/blog/Status-update-October-2020.md b/content/blog/Status-update-October-2020.md @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +--- +title: Status update, October 2020 +date: 2020-10-15 +outputs: [html, gemtext] +--- + +I'm writing this month's status update from a brand-new desktop workstation +(well, I re-used the GPU), my first new workstation in about 10 years. I hope +this new one lasts for another decade! I aimed for something smaller and +lightweight this time — it's a Mini-ITX build. I've only been running this +for a few days, so let me tell you about the last few accomplishments which are +accountable to my venerable workstation's final days of life. + +First, there's been a ton of important work completed for SourceHut's API 2.0 +plans. All of the main blockers for the first version of meta.sr.ht's writable +GraphQL API are resolved, and after implementing a few more resolvers it should +be in a shippable state. This included riggings for database transactions, +simplification of the mini-"ORM" I built, and support for asyncronous work like +delivering webhooks. The latter called for a new library, [dowork][dowork], +which you're free to reuse to bring asyncronous work processing to your Go +programs. + +[dowork]: https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/dowork/ + +I also built a new general-purpose daemon for SourceHut called +[chartsrv][chartsrv], which can be used to generate graphs from +[Prometheus][prometheus] data. The following is a real-time graph of the load +average on the builds.sr.ht workers: + +[chartsrv]: https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/chartsrv/ +[prometheus]: https://prometheus.io/ + + + +I've been getting more into [Gemini][gemini] this month, and have completed +three (or four?) whole projects for it: + +[gemini]: https://gemini.circumlunar.space/ + +- [gmni][gmni] and gmnlm: a client implementation and line-mode browser +- [gmnisrv][gmnisrv]: a server implementation +- [kineto][kineto]: an HTTP->Gemini portal + +[gmni]: https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/gmni/ +[gmnisrv]: https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/gmnisrv/ +[kineto]: https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/kineto/ + +The (arguably) fourth project is the completion of a Gemini version of this +blog, which is available at `gemini://drewdevault.com`, or via the kineto portal +at [portal.drewdevault.com](https://portal.drewdevault.com). I'll be posting +some content exclusively on Gemini (and I already have!), so get yourself a +client if you want to tune in. + +I have also invested some effort into [himitsu][himitsu], a project I shelved +for so long that you probably don't remember it. Worry not, I have rewritten the +README.md to give you a better introduction to it. Here's a screenshot for your +viewing pleasure: + +[himitsu]: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/himitsu + + + +Bonus update: two new [BARE](https://baremessages.org) implementations have +appeared: OCaml and Java. + +That's all for now! I'll see you for the next update soon. Thanks for your +support! + +<details> + <summary>...</summary> + <img src="https://l.sr.ht/y15d.png" alt="A screenshot of a page of a programming language specification detailing the syntax of tagged unions" /> +</details>