commit: f11ee3551ecadf2d24f52620458dac7de24df193
parent 359b24249fc6bba8e2a874e16bbe010841196c26
Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:28:27 +0100
Status update for December
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/content/blog/Status-update-December-2021.gmi b/content/blog/Status-update-December-2021.gmi
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Greetings! It has been a cold and wet month here in Amsterdam, much like the rest of them, as another period of FOSS progress rolls on by. I have been taking it a little bit easier this month, and may continue to take some time off in the coming weeks, so I can have a best of a rest for the holidays. However, I do have some progress to report, so let’s get to it.
+
+In programming language progress, we’ve continued to see improvement in cryptography, with more AES cipher modes and initial work on AES-NI support for Intel processors, as well as support for HMAC and blake2b. Improved support for linking with C libraries has also landed, which is the basis of a few third-party libraries which are starting to appear, such as bindings to libui. I have also started working on bindings to SDL2, which I am using to make a little tetromino game.
+
+I am developing this to flesh out the SDL wrapper and get a feel for game development in the new language, but I also intend to take it on as a serious project to make a game which is fun to play. I also started working on an IRC protocol library for our language, but this does not link to C.
+
+Also, the reflection support introduced a few months ago has been removed.
+
+My other main focus has been SourceHut, where I have been working on todo.sr.ht’s GraphQL API. This one ended up being a lot of work. I expect to require another week or two to finish it.
+
+visurf also enjoyed a handful of improvements this month, thanks to some contributors, the most prolific of whom was Pranjal Kole. Thanks Parnjal! Improvements landed this month include tab rearranging, next and previous page navigation, and an improvement to all of the new-tab logic, along with many bug fixes and smaller improvements. I also did some of the initial work on command completions, but there is a lot left to do in this respect.
+
+That’s all for today. Thanks for your continued support! Until next time.
diff --git a/content/blog/Status-update-December-2021.md b/content/blog/Status-update-December-2021.md
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+title: Status update, December 2021
+date: 2021-12-15
+---
+
+Greetings! It has been a cold and wet month here in Amsterdam, much like the
+rest of them, as another period of FOSS progress rolls on by. I have been taking
+it a little bit easier this month, and may continue to take some time off in the
+coming weeks, so I can have a best of a rest for the holidays. However, I do
+have some progress to report, so let's get to it.
+
+In programming language progress, we've continued to see improvement in
+cryptography, with more AES cipher modes and initial work on AES-NI support for
+Intel processors, as well as support for HMAC and blake2b. Improved support for
+linking with C libraries has also landed, which is the basis of a few
+third-party libraries which are starting to appear, such as bindings to [libui].
+I have also started working on bindings to SDL2, which I am using to make a
+little tetromino game (audio warning):
+
+[libui]: https://github.com/andlabs/libui
+
+<video src="https://l.sr.ht/PMwA.webm" controls></video>
+
+I am developing this to flesh out the SDL wrapper and get a feel for game
+development in the new language, but I also intend to take it on as a serious
+project to make a game which is fun to play. I also started working on an IRC
+protocol library for our language, but this does not link to C.
+
+Also, the reflection support introduced a few months ago has been removed.
+
+My other main focus has been SourceHut, where I have been working on
+todo.sr.ht's GraphQL API. This one ended up being a lot of work. I expect to
+require another week or two to finish it.
+
+visurf also enjoyed a handful of improvements this month, thanks to some
+contributors, the most prolific of whom was Pranjal Kole. Thanks Parnjal!
+Improvements landed this month include tab rearranging, next and previous page
+navigation, and an improvement to all of the new-tab logic, along with many bug
+fixes and smaller improvements. I also did some of the initial work on command
+completions, but there is a lot left to do in this respect.
+
+That's all for today. Thanks for your continued support! Until next time.
