Introducing Uruk, a language for tabletop games

In which the author admits to a nagging feeling that computing has gone wrong somewhere, points at a tiny algebra that maybe gets a part of it right, and starts building yet another programming language. Sorry.

17 May 2026 · 8 min · whitebeard

The diving watch I never knew I wanted

In which an unexpected Christmas gift reveals the quiet delight of a rotating bezel, and the author wonders why such useful timekeeping is dressed up in such macho clothing.

30 April 2026 · 3 min · whitebeard