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[package]
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name = "xesite"
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version = "2.3.0"
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authors = ["Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
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authors = ["Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>"]
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edition = "2018"
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build = "src/build.rs"
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repository = "https://github.com/Xe/site"
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---
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title: You Win, Broken Database Schemas
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date: 2022-01-10
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tags:
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- rant
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---
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There is [no software that correctly handles
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names](https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/)
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that exists on this planet. One of the major things I have bashed my head into
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as of late is the assumption that people have a first and a last name. The first
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name is usually what identifies the person, and the last name usually identifies
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the family.
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I have wanted to use `Xe` as my name places (no last name, like Socrates), but
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everyone has broken database schemas that make it impossible. These schemas
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usually look like this:
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```sql
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CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS people
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( id VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT (uuid4())
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, first_name VARCHAR NOT NULL
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, last_name VARCHAR NOT NULL
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-- draw the rest of the owl
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);
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```
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And as a result things like `Xe` (no last name) cannot fit into this schema. I
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have found out the depth of this shitshow while trying to use my handle as my
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name on newly registered account things and the amount of stuff that breaks or
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works in weird ways is _staggering_. Email salutations look like this:
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> Hello Xe ,
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Forms will break if I don't put a last name in the field. The assumptions about
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names are _so deep_ that it's rapidly becoming not worth it to only have my name
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as `Xe`. Not to mention [overzealous journalists that will argue with you over
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what your name is due to name
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collisions](https://twitter.com/theprincessxena/status/1479197000667181061?s=20).
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You win, broken database schemas. I give up trying to deal with you to encode my
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name correctly. You just don't let me and I am tired of fighting it, opening
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support tickets and arguing with people over what my name is. I give in. I'm
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going to use a last name for my handle, which is absolutely ridiculous, but here
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we are.
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It took me a few hours to dig through ideas over the weekend and today, but I
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think I have found something satisfactory enough that I can keep it for the long
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haul: [Iaso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaso) (ai-uh-so, /aɪ.ə.soʊ/), the
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minor Greek goddess of recovering from illness.
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Hopefully I don't have to deal with professional issues as a result of me trying
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to be more true to myself about my identity. At the very least I want very
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little to do with the last name that I was born into. Some day that name will be
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removed from the last database with it set, but today is not that day.
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If you work on systems that handle names, please, please, please take the time
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to reconsider if you actually need to deal with a last name for more reason than
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it's the cultural standard. There are valid reasons to have a mononym, and by
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supporting mononyms you will make people's lives easier.
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Until then, I am `Xe Iaso`. Let's see where this phase of the identity
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experiment goes. It's still really complicated. Anyone who claims to have their
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identity figured out is either in denial or stopped digging into it for the time
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being. The rabbit hole truly never ends.
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The main thing I don't like about this name is how ambiguous it shows up in
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sans-serif fonts:
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<div style="font-family:sans-serif">
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Xe Iaso
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</div>
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It looks like `Xe laso`. I've edited my email signature to try and compensate
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for this:
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```
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Xe Iaso (zi ai-uh-so)
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https://christine.website
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.i la budza pu cusku lu
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<<.i ko snura .i ko kanro
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.i ko panpi .i ko gleki
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```
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Let's see if that helps. It will probably look bad when things are put into
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sans-serif fonts, but what can you do lol.
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---
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Also I would _prefer_ you call me `Xe` from now on when possible. This conflicts
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with and supercedes suggestions I made in [this article](/blog/xe-2021-08-07). I
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consider most of that experiment to have worked out and I am going into the next
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phase, albeit less "pure" than I wanted.
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Thank you for sticking with this blog. This started out as a place for me to get
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better at writing but has rapidly turned into something that has helped me
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explore my identity in ways that I never would have thought it would. Thanks for
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following the rabbit hole. Thank you for supporting me being more authentic to
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myself about who I am. Your support means more than you possibly will know.
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I wonder if my SEO craft is strong enough to get me high on the list of google
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results for `Iaso`.
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date: 2021-08-07
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---
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EDIT(2022-01-10):
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If you are a journalist and using this article as evidence for not calling me
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by the name I am asking you to, please reconsider your actions and strongly
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consider the idea that I am the expert and only person that can create true
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statements about what my name is and how I want my identity to be presented
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professionally. Also don't [compare it to Blackwater IN ANY
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WAY](https://twitter.com/theprincessxena/status/1479197000667181061). See [this
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article](/blog/broken-database-schemas-2022-01-10) for more information.
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## Or: Identity is Complicated
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You might have noticed that I have changed my listed name on this website to Xe.
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{ signalboost = [] : List Person.Type
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, authors =
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[ Author::{
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, name = "Xe"
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, name = "Xe Iaso"
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, handle = "xe"
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, picUrl = Some "/static/img/avatar.png"
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, link = Some "https://christine.website"
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[package]
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name = "cfcache"
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version = "0.1.0"
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authors = ["Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
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authors = ["Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>"]
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edition = "2018"
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# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
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[package]
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name = "go_vanity"
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version = "0.2.0"
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authors = ["Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
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authors = ["Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>"]
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edition = "2018"
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build = "src/build.rs"
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[package]
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authors = ["Paul Woolcock <paul@woolcock.us>", "Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
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authors = ["Paul Woolcock <paul@woolcock.us>", "Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>"]
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description = "Parser for the JSONFeed (http://jsonfeed.org) specification\n"
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documentation = "https://docs.rs/jsonfeed"
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homepage = "https://github.com/pwoolcoc/jsonfeed"
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[package]
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name = "mi"
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version = "0.1.0"
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authors = ["Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
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authors = ["Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>"]
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edition = "2018"
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# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
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[package]
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name = "patreon"
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version = "0.1.0"
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authors = ["Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
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authors = ["Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>"]
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edition = "2018"
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# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
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ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIPrz5T/RdragJF6StZm92JZKPMJinYdw5fYnV4osiY8Q Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>
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ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIPg9gYKVglnO2HQodSJt4z4mNrUSUiyJQ7b+J798bwD9 Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>
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"display": "standalone",
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"scope": "/",
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"start_url": "/",
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"description": "Blog and Resume for Christine Xe",
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"description": "Blog and Resume for Xe Iaso",
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"orientation": "any",
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"icons": [
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{
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# Christine Dodrill
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# Xe Iaso
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#### Full-stack Engineer
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##### Montreal, QC   [christine.website][homepage]
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##### Ottawa, ON   [christine.website][homepage]
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`Docker`, `Git`, `Go`, `Rust`, `C`, `Stenography`, `DevOps`, `Heroku`, `Continuous
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Integration/Delivery`, `WebAssembly`, `Lua`, `Mindfulness`, `HTTP/2`, `Alpine
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- Go programming
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- Nix and NixOS
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- SQL integrations
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- End-user facing blog content and customer support
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### Lightspeed - Expert principal en fiabilité du site   <small>*2019 - 2020*</small>
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- Research and development on a new builder component
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## Portfolio Highlights
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### [Olin](https://github.com/Xe/olin)
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An embeddable userspace kernel for executing WebAssembly programs.
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The main goal of this is to allow for an easier migration to another CPU
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architecture (such as RISC-V, aarch64 or ppc64be) without having to recompile
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existing code.
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I have written multiple blogposts on this project:
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- https://christine.website/blog/olin-1-why-09-1-2018
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- https://christine.website/blog/olin-2-the-future-09-5-2018
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- https://christine.website/blog/olin-progress-2019-12-14
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As of March 21, 2019, Olin is able to run binaries compiled with [Go 1.12.x
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WebAssembly support](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/WebAssembly). Olin also
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is known to work on big-endian systems with no changes needed to source code or
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binaries.
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It also supports security policies similar to a combination of the OSX sandbox
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profiles and OpenBSD's pledge() system call. This allows users to limit the
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scope of what resources an Olin program can access, including file URLs, the
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amount of ram that can be used or the number of WebAssembly instructions that
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can be executed.
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### [Wasmcloud](https://tulpa.dev/within/wasmcloud)
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Wasmcloud is a Heroku or AWS Lambda-like functions as a service backend and
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platform for event-driven architecture built on top of WebAssembly. It wraps
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[Olin](https://github.com/Xe/olin) and provides a lot of higher-level
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conveniences for users. I have written [a
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blogpost](https://christine.website/blog/wasmcloud-progress-2019-12-08) on my
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progress and where I'm wanting to go with this project.
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### [ilo Kesi](https://github.com/Xe/x/tree/master/discord/ilo-kesi)
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A chatbot that parses its commands through the grammar of the constructed
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language [Toki Pona](http://tokipona.org), then figures out what the user is
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asking for using a lookup table and executes that request.
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### When Then Zen
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[When Then Zen](https://when-then-zen.christine.website) is meditation instructions translated into Gherkin, a-la:
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```
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Feature: Anapana (mindfulness via breathing) meditation
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Background:
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Given no assumption about meditation background
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And a willingness to learn
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And no significant problems with breathing through the body's nose
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And I am seated or laying down comfortably
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And no music is playing
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Scenario Outline: mindfulness of breathing
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As a meditator
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In order to be mindful of the body's breath
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When I <verb> through the body's nose
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Then I focus on the sensations of breath
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Then I focus on the feelings of breath through the nasal cavity
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Then I focus on the feelings of breath interacting with the nostrils
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Then I repeat until done
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Examples:
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| verb |
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| inhale |
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| exhale |
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```
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This has been well-recieved by coworkers, friends and others. I have written more on the subject [here](https://christine.website/blog/when-then-zen-anapana-2018-08-15).
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## Writing
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> Articles listed below will be either personal or professional and do not reflect the views of any company or group I am affiliated with. The writing is my own, with the help of others to make things legible.
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> Articles listed below will be either personal or professional and do not
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> reflect the views of any company or group I am affiliated with. The writing is
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> my own, with the help of others to make things legible.
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- [My Blog](https://christine.website/blog)
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- [I Put Words on This Webpage so You Have to Listen to Me Now](https://christine.website/blog/experimental-rilkef-2018-11-30)
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- [NAS 101: An intro chat about Network Attached
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Storage](https://tailscale.com/blog/nas-101/)
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- [The Sisyphean Task Of DNS Client Config on
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Linux](https://tailscale.com/blog/sisyphean-dns-client-linux/)
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I have gotten to the front page of [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com) several times. Here are a few of the comment threads:
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- ["Open Source" is Broken](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29522941)
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- [The Surreal Horror of PAM](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29167560)
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- [Systemd: The Good Parts](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27175960)
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- [I Implemented /dev/printerfact in
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Rust](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26845355)
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- [A Model for Identity in Software](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25978511)
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- [I Put Words on This Webpage so You Have to Listen to Me now](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18577758)
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- [TempleOS: 1 - Installation](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19961082)
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- [WebAssembly on the Server: How System Calls Work](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20066204)
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<title>Xe's Blog</title>
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<updated>@Utc::now().to_rfc3339()</updated>
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<author>
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<name>Xe</name>
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<name>Xe Iaso</name>
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<email>me@@christine.website</email>
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</author>
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<link href="https://christine.website/blog.atom" rel="self"/>
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<!-- Description -->
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<meta name="description" content="@post.front_matter.title - Xe's Blog" />
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<meta name="author" content="Xe">
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<meta name="author" content="Xe Iaso">
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@if post.front_matter.redirect_to.is_none() {
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<link rel="canonical" href="https://christine.website/@post.link">
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@},
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"author": @{
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"@@type": "Person",
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"name": "Xe",
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"name": "Xe Iaso",
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"alternateName": "Christine Dodrill"
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@},
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"publisher": @{
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"@@type": "Person",
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"name": "Xe",
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"name": "Xe Iaso",
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"alternateName": "Christine Dodrill"
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@}
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@}
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<li><a href="https://keybase.io/xena">Keybase</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://ko-fi.com/A265JE0">Ko-fi</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/cadey">Patreon</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chrissycade1337">Facebook</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://twitch.tv/princessxen">Twitch</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://pony.social/@@cadey">@@cadey@@pony.social</a></li>
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<li>Fortnite: Within Reason</li>
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<li><a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#xeserv">Liberachat: #xeserv</a></li>
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</div>
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<hr />
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<footer>
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<blockquote>Copyright 2022 Xe (Christine Dodrill). Any and all opinions listed here are my own and not representative of my employers; future, past and present.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Copyright 2012-2022 Xe Iaso (Christine Dodrill). Any and all opinions listed here are my own and not representative of my employers; future, past and present.</blockquote>
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<p>Like what you see? Donate on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cadey">Patreon</a> like <a href="/patrons">these awesome people</a>!</p>
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<p>Looking for someone for your team? Take a look <a href="/signalboost">here</a>.</p>
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<p>Served by @env!("out")/bin/xesite</a>, see <a href="https://github.com/Xe/site">source code here</a>.</p>
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<meta name="description" content="@post.front_matter.title - Xe's Blog" />
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<meta name="author" content="Xe">
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<meta name="author" content="Xe Iaso">
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<link rel="canonical" href="https://christine.website/@post.link">
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"name": "Xe",
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"name": "Xe Iaso",
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"alternateName": "Christine Dodrill"
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@},
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"publisher": @{
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"@@type": "Person",
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"name": "Xe",
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"name": "Xe Iaso",
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"alternateName": "Christine Dodrill"
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@}
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@}
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"@@context": "http://schema.org/",
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"@@type": "Person",
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"name": "Xe",
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"name": "Xe Iaso",
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"alternateName": "Cadey, Christine Dodrill, Xena",
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"url": "https://christine.website",
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"image": "https://christine.website/static/img/avatar_large.png",
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<!-- Twitter -->
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<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />
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<meta name="twitter:site" content="@@theprincessxena" />
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<meta name="twitter:title" content="Xe" />
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<meta name="twitter:title" content="Xe Iaso" />
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<meta name="twitter:description" content="Full-stack Engineer" />
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<!-- Facebook -->
|
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<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
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<meta property="og:title" content="Xe" />
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<meta property="og:title" content="Xe Iaso" />
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<meta property="og:site_name" content="Full-stack Engineer" />
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<!-- Description -->
|
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<meta name="description" content="Full-stack Engineer" />
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<meta name="author" content="Xe, Christine Dodrill">
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<meta name="author" content="Xe Iaso, Christine Dodrill">
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<div class="grid">
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<div class="cell -3of12 content">
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<meta property="og:site_name" content="Xe's Blog" />
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<!-- Description -->
|
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<meta name="description" content="@post.front_matter.title - Christine Dodrill's Blog" />
|
||||
<meta name="author" content="Xe">
|
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<meta name="description" content="@post.front_matter.title - Xe's Blog" />
|
||||
<meta name="author" content="Xe Iaso">
|
||||
|
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<link rel="canonical" href="https://christine.website/@post.link">
|
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@},
|
||||
"author": @{
|
||||
"@@type": "Person",
|
||||
"name": "Xe",
|
||||
"name": "Xe Iaso",
|
||||
"alternateName": "Christine Dodrill"
|
||||
@},
|
||||
"publisher": @{
|
||||
"@@type": "Person",
|
||||
"name": "Xe",
|
||||
"name": "Xe Iaso",
|
||||
"alternateName": "Christine Dodrill"
|
||||
@}
|
||||
@}
|
||||
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|
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