Writing
rnetapplet: a NetworkManager tray applet in Rust for wlroots compositors
How rnetapplet works: zbus, a built-in SecretAgent, a StatusNotifierItem tray icon and a layer-shell popup.
How a Wayland tray icon and popup actually work
An explanation of StatusNotifierItem and wlr-layer-shell, the two protocols behind tray applets on wlroots compositors.
What building Linux from source twice taught me
Lessons from building LFS 13.0 with systemd by hand, and why I still run Arch day to day.
How group debts can be settled with fewer payments
A plain explanation of net balances and why a group needs at most n minus 1 payments.
Compile-time checked SQL with sqlx offline mode
How sqlx offline mode lets you keep checked queries in Rust without a live database during builds.