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

Experiments in writing a full text search engine

Written by Omar Polo on 14 April 2022 while listening to “Weird Fishes / Arpeggi” by Radiohead.

full text search ain't black magic

I wrote a music player

Written by Omar Polo on 19 February 2022 while listening to “Century Child” by Nightwish.

experiments that I end up liking

Telescope 0.7

Written by Omar Polo on 13 January 2022 while listening to “Via Paolo Fabbri 43” by Francesco Guccini.

New release for my favourite gemini browser

A Clojure library for Gemini

Written by Omar Polo on 16 October 2021 while listening to “Good Advices” by R.E.M..

antenna inspired things

One year of gmid

Written by Omar Polo on 12 October 2021 while listening to “Driver 8” by R.E.M..

We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away

Extracting files from zips

Written by Omar Polo on 21 August 2021 while listening to “Square one” by Coldplay.

meet zlib

Inspecting zip files

Written by Omar Polo on 19 August 2021 while listening to “Twisted Logic” by Coldplay.

Look ma, without libraries!

Writing a simple Emacs major-mode

Written by Omar Polo on 06 August 2021 while listening to “New Millennium” by Dream Theater.

About DSLs and custom major-modes

Talking ’bout 9P: open and walk

Written by Omar Polo on 01 August 2021 while listening to “The Riddler” by Nightwish.

The mindblowing Twalk

Talking ’bout 9P: intro

Written by Omar Polo on 31 July 2021 while listening to “The Pharaoh Sails to Orion” by Nightwish.

Getting to know 9P