mazylol

About

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am a 19 year old Computer Engineering student @ Rose-Hulman and I like to do pretty much everything. I’ve been programming since I was 13 when I started with Python, grew to hate it, and switched to C. When I am not online I am either in class, longboarding around campus, playing CS2, or doing something stupid.

What I’m Working On Right Now

bling (system info fetcher)
cimple (interpreted language)
squigwire (simple peq for pipewire)

Interests

CLI/TUI
Graphics
APIs
Language Design
Operating Systems

Languages

C/C++
Rust
Go
Java/Kotlin
C#
Javascript/Typescript
Python
Lua

Software

Projects

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

this is a non-exhaustive list of some of my more significant projects:

bling

minimal system info fetcher made in c (no libraries)
crain

rain in the terminal via c and ncurses
squigwire

system-wide pipewire peq with presets based on autoeq files
cimple

small interpreted programming language (work in progress)
passd

a password store server, cli, and gui
twelvedata-cpp

http lib agnostic request handler and deserializer for twelvedata

How To Learn To Code

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

So, you want to code. Congratulations. You are getting into a rabbit hole that you probably won’t ever be able to leave. There is no coming back from this.

Prerequisites

Curiosity
Time

Accessibility

If you do not have a powerful computer, luck is on your side. There are online services that will let you run a text editor, namely Visual Studio Code, a very popular development environment free of charge in your browser. One of the best is a site called Gitpod. They have a generous free plan.

C, A Return To Monkey

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

After a few years of avoiding C like the plague I have discovered a love for it. While I would be better served using a language like Go in most cases, C is just a lot more fun to me personally. Live, laugh, unsafe.

Background

When I started programming a few years ago I began the journey with Python. After realizing that I hated it I decided to switch to C. Initially, I was having a great time making discord bots with the Orca, now Concord, library. I was absolutely flying but eventually, I got skill issued. I just could not wrap my head around pointers and memory management. I ended up moving onto Java, Go, Rust, and Rust.

OOP Is Not Great

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

After 5 years of programming I have come to the conclusion that usually OOP is not great. This may sound shocking considering that 2 out of 5 posts on this blog are me raving about C# and Java but I have been reformed.

Background

For around a year I was infatuated with C# and Java. Initially I got introduced to Java through making discord bots with JDA. It was great. Up until that point I was used to making bots with Python or C. Java was and still is pretty nice for bot development and I really enjoyed my time with it. Then later on I discovered C# and enjoyed it even more. The syntax was great, it was fast, had a whole bunch of IDE support, and had a whole bunch of stuff going for it. I especially liked it when interfacing with MongoDB with their library. My only real gripe with it was the .NET ecosystem. Being an enjoyer of linux the Windows-centric parts of C# really bothered me and I eventually just sulked back to Java.

How Rust Became My New Goto

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Nowadays Rust is by far my preferred language for any new project. Whenever I have some sort of problem I instinctively run cargo new [project]. Here is why I enjoy it so much.

Syntax

Syntactically Rust combines a lot of what I like all language paradigms. It has a perfect mix of OOP and Functional programming.

Here is a very simple way of defining a struct and then using impl to make instantiating a new book easier:

C# is awesome

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Over the past few weeks I have discovered the greatness of C#. Initially I thought that is was just a Microsofty Java clone, and while that is somewhat true, there is a lot of stuff in C# that makes me a lot happier than Java.

Tooling

The tooling for C# is superb. It makes Java look like a nightmare.

Rider

Rider is a dream to code in. In my opinion it is much better than Visual Studio (especially since it is cross-platform). It is smooth and the memory profiling abilities are a bit better than what is available in IDEA. Riders helpful language features help me to feel more confident in writing code.

Head Over Heels For Java

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

In the past month I have discovered the wonders of Java. After months of teetering on the edge I finally decided to dive right in. That is a choice that I will forever hold in high esteem.

Why I like Java

Write Once Run Anywhere

I know it’s been said a thousand times but it really is amazing. From the perspective of a dev that has mainly been developing in languages such as C, Rust, and Go it is nice to avoid the pain of compiling for every platform.

Why Python and I are going though a divorce

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I, like many other programmers, wrote my first Hello world in Python. For a good while I was having a blast. Python is what brought me into this world and I have to give it some commendation for that. However, over time, I have drifted away from Python. Here’s why.

Simplicity

Syntactically, Python is very simple. This is a great thing for new programmers…or is it? While being easy to understand is important Python’s strangeness makes understanding other languages a bit more difficult. It is almost like Python gives you training wheels, but never let’s you take a leap of faith and gain the full power of riding two wheeled. For example Python’s Dynamic Typing got me accustomed to making variables with little to no thought. Then when I tried languages like Rust and C I was very confused by the idea of static typing.

Making a blog!

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I finally bit the bullet and did it. I have always thought about make a blog but I was never really sure where to start. I thought about making my own blogging framework-of-sorts using SvelteKit and a markdown parser. However, I do not have enough dedication to do that.

Then today I thought about it some more and almost fully committed to using Ruby on Rails. Which would be completely overkill for what I need. Then I remembered that Jekyll exists and now we are here.

mazylol

About

What I’m Working On Right Now

Interests

Languages

Software

Projects

bling

crain

squigwire

cimple

passd

twelvedata-cpp

Links

How To Learn To Code

Prerequisites

Accessibility

C, A Return To Monkey

Background

OOP Is Not Great

Background

How Rust Became My New Goto

Syntax

C# is awesome

Tooling

Rider

Head Over Heels For Java

Why I like Java

Write Once Run Anywhere

Why Python and I are going though a divorce

Simplicity

Making a blog!