Caolan McMahon

caolan@hachyderm.io

I'm a software developer working mostly in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#JavaScript</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TypeScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TypeScript</a>. I like to grow food, bake bread, walk, climb, and run.I also write <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Scheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Scheme</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Zig</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Python</a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Rust</a>.

Posts

Post #3532478
A Speed Limit for Computers https://caolan.uk/notes/2026-07-02_a_speed_limit_for_computers.cm A few thoughts on the marginal disutility of computing power and whether a machine with politically derived limits might be more equitable.
Post #3156728
No wonder my laptop is sluggish today, according to Firefox: &quot;Web sites are currently using 17,179,869,179 GB of disk space.&quot;
Post #3156727
Interesting links from April: https://caolan.uk/links/log/2026-04.cm
Post #3156726
Electric cargo bikes are such a game changer. On a whim, I stopped by the wholefood cash and carry today and picked up about 18kg of groceries: wheat grain, rye grain, rice, muesli, 12 tins of chopped tomatoes, tea bags. I honestly didn&#39;t notice them on the bike and had a nice ride through the park and quiet streets to get home. Also! I forgot my wallet. Oh no! But because the cash and carry is a co-op staffed by humans with agency they were like: &quot;no worries, here&#39;s th...
Post #3156724
Remember the DOOM difficulty scale where each increment was represented by a face getting more and more bloody? I propose that as an alternative to semver.
Post #3156723
We watched &#39;Quicksilver&#39; (1986) with Kevin Bacon as a failed stock broker turned bicycle messenger last night. It&#39;s such a bad film. So, so bad. I kinda want to watch it again.
Post #3156722
I&#39;m a little sad asm.js is no more - an optimised subset of vanilla JS was a cool idea. Though, I guess it makes sense to reduce attack surface when WebAssembly exists. https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2026/05/20/saying-goodbye-to-asmjs.html #JavaScript
Post #3156721
Interesting links from May 2026 https://caolan.uk/links/log/2026-05.cm
Post #3156720
Did everyone in the UK enjoy their summer?
Post #1954244
I want more individuals to own and operate their own website. https://caolan.uk/notes/2025-06-30_homestead_the_web.cm
Post #1954242
I remembered my camera has a macro mode. #bloomscrolling
Post #785479
My ThinkPad X60: https://caolan.uk/notes/2026-03-13_my_thinkpad_x60/