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Trading per-message allocations for two flat buffers, and what that unlocks for serializing the index to disk.

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Sandboxed containers that you can run on your own hardware.

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Claude: \"Oh I think I cut you off there. What were you saying?\"

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After the deacon sent the dogs to sort out the polecats, I have thoughts.

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A look back at my product, tool and game development projects from 2025, plus reflections on freelancing and personal growth.

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Combining tools and skills with a custom name yields great results

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A personal comparison of battery life between my MacBook M1 Pro and Framework 13

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An analysis of optimal posting times on Hacker News based on Claude's insights into engagement patterns and user behavior

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2025-09-10-best-times-to-post-on-hacker-news-according-to-claude/", "title": "A tool to pick the best time to post to Hacker News I made using Claude", "summary": "An analysis of optimal posting times on Hacker News based on Claude's insights into engagement patterns and user behavior", "date_modified": "2025-09-12T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2025-09-08-announcing-compile-flagz/", "content_html": "

A Zig package that generates compile_flags.txt files to provide proper editor integration for C/C++ projects using build.zig, ensuring your IDE can find include paths and provide code intelligence.

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Reverse engineering, game jams, challenges, learnings

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Blazingly fast and hosted for free on the edge

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2025-02-16-a-fresh-start-moving-my-blog-to-the-edge/", "title": "A Fresh Start: Moving My Blog to the Edge", "summary": "Blazingly fast and hosted for free on the edge", "date_modified": "2025-02-16T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2024-01-17-polygon-peril-prototype-video-game-available-to-play-now/", "content_html": "

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2024-01-17-polygon-peril-prototype-video-game-available-to-play-now/", "title": "'Polygon Peril' Prototype video game available to play now", "date_modified": "2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2023-06-08-how-to-cherry-pick-a-git-commit-from-a-fork/", "content_html": "

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2023-06-08-how-to-cherry-pick-a-git-commit-from-a-fork/", "title": "How to Cherry-Pick a Git Commit from a Fork", "date_modified": "2023-06-08T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2023-06-08-react-behavioural-props/", "content_html": "

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2023-06-08-react-behavioural-props/", "title": "React Behavioural Props", "date_modified": "2023-06-08T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2023-04-23-get-3d-look-rotations-in-2d-with-godot-4/", "content_html": "

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2023-04-23-get-3d-look-rotations-in-2d-with-godot-4/", "title": "Get 3D look rotations in 2D with Godot 4", "date_modified": "2023-04-23T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2023-04-22-unrecord-is-this-game-footage-real-or-fake/", "content_html": "

UNRECORD is causing a stir on social media

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A short and simple guide

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A Modern Approach to Legacy Web Applications

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\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2016-01-29-git-delete-merged-deleted-branches/", "title": "Git: Delete Merged/Deleted Branches", "date_modified": "2016-01-29T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2015-09-28-getting-started-with-meteor-and-react/", "content_html": "

Now with more ES6

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\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2015-03-10-how-to-build-the-native-docker-client-on-windows/", "title": "How To Build The Native Docker Client On Windows", "date_modified": "2015-03-10T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2013-11-17-university-upending-my-life-and-some-history/", "content_html": "

A change of scenery and means

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2013-11-17-university-upending-my-life-and-some-history/", "title": "University (Upending My Life) and Some History", "summary": "A change of scenery and means", "date_modified": "2013-11-17T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2013-09-30-xbox-media-centre-with-raspberry-pi/", "content_html": "

Trying out three XBMC distributions

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2013-09-30-xbox-media-centre-with-raspberry-pi/", "title": "Xbox Media Centre with Raspberry Pi", "summary": "Trying out three XBMC distributions", "date_modified": "2013-09-30T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2012-10-03-string-trim-vs-regex-replace/", "content_html": "

A code review lesson on knowing your standard library

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2012-10-03-string-trim-vs-regex-replace/", "title": "String.Trim vs Regex.Replace", "summary": "A code review lesson on knowing your standard library", "date_modified": "2012-10-03T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2012-07-20-sublime-text-programmers-text-editor-package-control/", "content_html": "

My journey through text editors and why Sublime Text won me over

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2012-07-20-sublime-text-programmers-text-editor-package-control/", "title": "Sublime Text - A Text Editor For Programmers - Part 1 - Package Control", "summary": "My journey through text editors and why Sublime Text won me over", "date_modified": "2012-07-20T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2012-07-05-update-all-hg-repositories-using-powershell/", "content_html": "

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2012-07-05-update-all-hg-repositories-using-powershell/", "title": "Update All Hg Repositories Using Powershell", "date_modified": "2012-07-05T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2012-05-28-28-hour-day/", "content_html": "

Reflections on Scott Hanselman's productivity tips and the joy of programming

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Stack Overflow DevDays is back and coming to Sydney

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2011-06-29-stack-overflow-devdays-2011sydney/", "title": "Stack Overflow DevDays 2011 - Sydney", "summary": "Stack Overflow DevDays is back and coming to Sydney", "date_modified": "2011-06-29T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2010-01-27-serious-sam-hd-kleer-skeleton-surfing/", "content_html": "

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2010-01-27-serious-sam-hd-kleer-skeleton-surfing/", "title": "Serious Sam HD – Kleer Skeleton Surfing", "date_modified": "2010-01-27T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2009-12-12-image-caching-for-a-wpf-desktop-application/", "content_html": "

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2009-12-12-image-caching-for-a-wpf-desktop-application/", "title": "Image Caching for a WPF Desktop Application", "date_modified": "2009-12-12T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } }, { "id": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2009-09-13-howto-query-mssql-and-send-html-email-using-powershell/", "content_html": "

\"\"", "url": "https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2009-09-13-howto-query-mssql-and-send-html-email-using-powershell/", "title": "HOWTO Query MSSQL And Send HTML Email Using Powershell", "date_modified": "2009-09-13T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Simon Hartcher" } } ] }