Mackie Burgess

Hi! This is a blog.

NaBloPoMo finale 2023 · 2023-11-30

The end of a month-long era.

Data Attributes Rock · 2023-11-29

My favourite HTML technique I’ve found in a while.

Making the well-made · 2023-11-28

So much just-so-ness.

Rust, React, and helpful intuition · 2023-11-27

Dear Diary · 2023-11-26

Turns out you can crank out a blog post really quick (if you cheat a little).

Surprise me · 2023-11-25

Sometimes you can’t just “spin something up” · 2023-11-24

How hard could managing pure, unbridled creativity possibly be?

It’s not all about typing fast · 2023-11-23

Perhaps you should learn some subtlety.

You should type faster · 2023-11-22

Need for Speed

The permanence of a walking commute · 2023-11-21

While the weather is nice enough for me to enjoy it.

Trying a new programming language · 2023-11-20

How hard can Gleam possibly be?

Moving the needle · 2023-11-19

Bucket Lists · 2023-11-18

It’s not a list of buckets I swear.

It’s really hard to write a thing in one day · 2023-11-17

What, like I’m doing right now?

Simple and easy, and other words people use incorrectly · 2023-11-16

It’s not so simple.

Notes on writer’s block · 2023-11-15

Staring at my keyboard, hoping for a cartoon grand piano to fall from above.

Minimal note-taking with git · 2023-11-14

Taking notes using a text editor, git, and a shell alias.

You should swap Ctrl and Caps Lock · 2023-11-13

“Gain Back Ctrl”, and other terrible jokes.

Keyword Argument Memory – amortising specialised binary searches · 2023-11-12

and maximising pompousness in the title.

How it feels to write · 2023-11-11

A week into writing for this blog, how does it feel?

My thought process through a random Advent of Code problem · 2023-11-10

Christmas is coming.

I hate fake stickers on book covers · 2023-11-09

I believe in not making assumptions of people based on their outward appearance, but I *totally* judge books by their covers.

Tell it to the river · 2023-11-08

For someone who is terrified of public speaking, telling my plans to the river has helped more than I expected.

Playing with Sequences in OCaml · 2023-11-07

Dabbling in infinities is good for the health.

Git Worktrees · 2023-11-06

One of the most useful git extras which seemingly nobody knows about.

An essay on the joys of a bacon and fried egg roll · 2023-11-05

It’s just so good.

Missing the start of NaBloPoMo · 2023-11-04

Oops.

A blog! · 2023-10-08

I finally got around to it.

~ fin ~