Rachel Barker
rachelplusplus@tech.lgbt
<p>Software witch, environmentalist, and amateur musician. This is my non-worksona side, where I like to do things from scratch to learn how they work then tell the world about it. Accidentally-on-purpose ended up doing a theoretical physics degree that way.</p><p>Professionally, interested in software engineering *as engineering*, caring about correctness, performance, and serving people's needs. Enjoys building tools to make those things easier to achieve.</p><p>Blogs at <a href="https://www.rachelplusplus.me.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">rachelplusplus.me.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Posts
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Post #4295667
Well I had plans for the weekend, but then I got nerd-sniped by the sequel to Sudokuvania coming out. So I've been doing that most of the weekend instead :P It even has a snazzy website now: https://sudokuvania.com/
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Post #4295666
I did the thing I've been meaning to do for years, finally got the right push to do it: https://www.rachelplusplus.me.uk/blog/2026/07/moving-off-github/
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Post #4295665
Today's fever-dream thought, brought to you by it being way the fuck too hot: You know what would be a great name for either a fuzzer or an iocaine-style scraper defence thing? "random-bullshit-go"
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Post #2551115
RE: https://digipres.club/@misty/116558924676616687 Things like this seem to be increasingly common, and I've been thinking a lot about how to avoid getting pwned myself, without retreating into "trust nobody, write everything from scratch" because that isn't helpful either. I've already split my dev work off into its own VM to minimize the escalation surface to my main user account. But I'm considering splitting things further into two user accounts: One which gets e...
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Post #270411
Today in weird marketing spam: Some kind of "AI marketing" service from a company called... okay, it's spelt differently, but the name reads as "enema". Which I can only take as an indication of the kind of end result you can expect from using their product...
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Post #166321
Alright Mastodon, I'm looking for work. Senior software developer, specializing in low-level, embedded, and systems programming. Previous work includes video compression (developer on AV1 and AV2), silicon verification, and scientific/numerical software. Full CV/resume available on request. Primarily looking for remote work, but would consider in-person in the UK if the circumstances are right. Available for either contract work through the company I run (easiest route if you're outsi...