yumh

writing about things, sometimes.

Hello! Sometimes I remember that I have a blog and post something here. You can find me wasting time posting interesting stuff on the fediverse too: @op@bsd.network.

I also have an Italian blog where I write about more casual stuff: https://it.omarpolo.com

A small event loop library

Written by Omar Polo on 28 March 2025 while listening to “Rimini” by Fabrizio de André.

events, and how to catch them

The state of sha256 in got

Written by Omar Polo on 18 July 2024 while listening to “Il Vuoto” by Franco Battiato.

shut up and hack (but with larger hashes)

A small template engine for C

Written by Omar Polo on 29 February 2024 while listening to “Il suicidio del samurai” by Verdena.

Related XKCD

safe {{interpolation}}

gmid 2.0

Written by Omar Polo on 11 January 2024 while listening to “Lady Stardust” by David Bowie.

finally at least

CGI scripts: simple vs easy

Written by Omar Polo on 29 August 2023 while listening to “La Donna Cannone” by Francesco De Gregori.

simple ain't easy

gmid 2.0 first alpha

Written by Omar Polo on 25 August 2023 while listening to “死んでるみたいに眠ってる” by amazarashi.

How to sleep well at night

June 2023 Status Update

Written by Omar Polo on 23 June 2023.

catching up

A base32 decoder

Written by Omar Polo on 20 October 2022.

decodin' five bits at a time

plass(1) first public release

Written by Omar Polo on 02 October 2022 while listening to “Cielo Super Acceso” by Verdena.

Manage Passwords

Running gotwebd behind nginx

Written by Omar Polo on 08 September 2022 while listening to “Hell on Earth” by Iron Maiden.

Wanna try gotwebd but you're stuck on a non-OpenBSD system? ;)