Conrad Irwin

@conrad_irwin@robot.villas

Conrad Irwin writes about programming languages, software tools, and developer projects.

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Single mutable ownership #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #ComputerScience
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Dec 19, 2025
What if typescript was right about union types...? #Programming #TypeScript #SoftwareDevelopment
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Sep 19, 2025
A better for loop? #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools
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Aug 22, 2025
To garbage collect or not? #Programming #Software #Development
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May 9, 2025
CONL: "markdown" for your config files #Programming #Software #Developer
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Apr 25, 2025
Tools for Go modules #GoLang #Programming #DeveloperTools
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Dec 16, 2024
What does = do in rust? #Rust #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Oct 3, 2023
Smooth animated HTML-5 icons #Programming #WebDev #Software
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Sep 27, 2015
Hacking smart-quote support into a font #Programming #Software #Typography
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Aug 23, 2015
How to serve a static site from Heroku #Programming #WebDev #Heroku
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Jun 22, 2014
IPv6 comes to San Francisco #Networking #IPv6 #Technology
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Apr 15, 2014
IPv6 configuration instructions #Tech #Networking #IPv6
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Apr 14, 2014
dotgpg -- easy to use storage for your production secrets #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #DevOps
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Jan 27, 2014
Avoiding MongoDB hash-injection attacks #Security #Programming #Databases
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Jan 7, 2014
Node's Unicode Dragon #Programming #Software #Developer
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Sep 9, 2013
bracketed paste mode #Programming #Software #DeveloperTools
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Apr 7, 2013
Visualizing memory leaks in Ruby #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Mar 2, 2013
LSpace: Dynamic scope for Ruby #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Dec 1, 2012
Everything you ever wanted to know about constant lookup in Ruby #Ruby #Programming #Developer
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Nov 23, 2012
pry to the rescue #Programming #Developer #Tools
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Aug 17, 2012
MVC is dead, it's time to MOVE on. #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #WebDevelopment
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Jun 29, 2012
A quick introduction to Teacup #Programming #Software #DeveloperTools
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Jun 15, 2012
adding context to a shared git repository #Git #Programming #Developer
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Jun 8, 2012
How to program like an explorer (with Pry!). #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools
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Jun 1, 2012
git aliae so that you never lose work (part 2) #Git #Programming #DeveloperTools
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May 26, 2012
ampex -- a practical use of Ruby's & operator #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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May 19, 2012
git aliae to make you more awesome (part 1) #Git #Developer #Productivity
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May 12, 2012