Gui Heurich
programming, anthropology, politics, gardening, climate change. hopefully not in that order.
author of Coderspeak: the language of computer programmers
uclpress.co.uk/book/coderspeak/
- I woke up at 6am with a loud banging on my door and someone shouting: “Wake up Diréme, you need to put the shaman in the flash drive!” open.substack.com/pub/codeanth...
- Reposted by Gui Heurichwikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
- Quite a nice review of my book murb.nl/articles/425...
- My first book has more than 6k downloads. I often wonder who are the ~20 people that download it every day. Never thought it would happen, tbh.
- To be fair, I have no idea if 6k is a lot or not. But I guess it is kinda good?
- The book was published in April 2024, so almost two years ago.
- Reposted by Gui HeurichIf you wanted to have loved one buy you a t-shirt because “you’re impossible to buy for” today is your last day to get it for Xmas. rubytshirts.com
- The social media ban in Australia should be expanded to all countries and… all ages.
- Moving my stuff to Codeberg as of today
- If you run it past the pope it will turn into wine?
- Reposted by Gui Heurich“Privatisation was the experiment — and it’s failed. We have water companies pumping sewage into our rivers and charging us extra for the privilege.” Zack Polanski says it’s time to bring water back into public hands on #BBCPoliticsNorth.
- Reposted by Gui HeurichJust saying 😊 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
- @eightbitraptor.bsky.social hello!
- The Donald says climate change is a con job, but it’s actually a cron job
- Reposted by Gui Heurich“In opposition, Labour vowed to introduce a right to roam. In govt, it U-turned on this promise… its plan to create 9 new ‘river walks’ is a paltry compensation.” Excellent Guardian leader on why we need a right of access to all rivers @righttoroam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Gui HeurichOzzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
- Reposted by Gui HeurichGreat to see a politician eviscerate the media narrative about small boats, take on Farage and talk about inequality bsky.app/profile/zack...
- Reposted by Gui HeurichAn incomparable legend.
- Reposted by Gui HeurichMy talk at #ElixirConfEU is live!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99Q... It's all about how we use #Elixir and #OTP at the #BBC. Please have a look and let me know what you think 🙂 #elixirlang #myelixirstatus
- Reposted by Gui HeurichElixir Senior Software Engineer @ BBC / Both #job #ElixirLang
- Reposted by Gui Heurich2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?
- Reposted by Gui HeurichChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
- Reposted by Gui Heurich"Climate change is significantly altering the UK's vector-borne disease landscape, creating increasingly favourable conditions for disease-carrying organisms. The recent detection of West Nile virus in British mosquitoes exemplifies this emerging threat." ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/21/h...
- Reposted by Gui HeurichIn case you missed the email, I've put together t-shirts for Brighton Ruby (for the first time). I never did it before because of cost, potential waste admin hassle and a fear of many t-shirts in multiple sizes in my (too small) loft. Want one? rubytshirts.com/collections...
- Gemini, Malloc, and me open.substack.com/pub/codeanth...
- @stuffwithstuff.com this is the post I mentioned!
- Reposted by Gui HeurichJosé Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.
- Reposted by Gui HeurichYou know what's not sold out? brightonruby.com #RailsWorld
- @stuffwithstuff.com I'm writing a substack post that mentions Crafting Interpreters (which I love, thank you!). I was wondering if you'd be OK for me to put an image of the book in the substack post? It would be the main image that you have at the top of craftinginterpreters.com
- Starting my substack today codeanth.substack.com/p/hello-world
- less vibe coding more vibe debugging
- I’m not sure what happens to people who are really into meditation, but they all turn into missionaries, praising the lord of breath and whatnot
- Reposted by Gui HeurichHappy #lastofus day to all that celebrate. Hope you’re doing okay.
