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Creator of the Zig programming language; president and lead developer of the Zig Software Foundation.
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Amarok 1.4Software
Back in 2009, my music player of choice was Amarok 1.4. This was by far the best music player I had ever used on Windows, Mac, or Linux, especially when combined with the wonderful ReplayGain plugin.
A long write-up of why he set out to build his own music player, starting from the one he loved.
2014-04-22·andrewkelley.me ↗
RedictSoftware
In other words, Redict is the true spiritual successor to what was once Redis.
Post arguing that after Redis Labs relicensed Redis, the Redict fork is its real continuation.
2024-03-22·andrewkelley.me ↗
musl libcSoftware Rich Felker
The Zig project owes a lot to musl, for many reasons
Post explaining why he gives 10% of his income to musl libc, a project he calls one with no hype but huge impact.
2019-06-24·andrewkelley.me ↗
Introduction to EBU R128Other Florian Camerer
I recommend this excellent Introduction to EBU R128 by Florian Camerer:
A long write-up of why he set out to build his own music player, starting from the one he loved. Section on loudness compensation standards.
2014-04-22·andrewkelley.me ↗
Bonobo ExtremeHardware System76
This thing is a monster. It's huge, bulky, and heavy.
Review of the Bonobo Extreme, a Linux laptop he bought after the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition; split into Compliments and Criticism sections.
2014-06-12·andrewkelley.me ↗
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