Slice-of-life example for encouraging interest in Rust: Leathercrafting

The job of a full-time programmer is intensive in terms of mental energy, and there isn’t always much left over for coding pursuits after the working hours - or if there is, it does happen that one might want to pursue something else than sitting at their home desk. However, sometimes these other pursuits lead to interesting insights.

For this year’s (probably only) post, I’d like to offer a few reasons to try out Rust, in form of a slice of life related to leathercrafting. And Ferris.

Ferris


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Thoughts on own/rent on e-scooters

Anyone who has roamed the streets of any larger city in Finland (or even across the world in many, many countries) cannot have failed to notice the ubiquity of rental scooters. No doubt, there’s money in it, but it’s not pleasure for absolutely everyone either.

Whilst owned scooters are still a minority (at least in Finland), there’s a nontrivial amount of them - and by extension, nontrivial amount of people considering buying one. As I’m an avid user and owner of an e-scooter, I have an opinion or two about this topic. Read on to hear them.


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Pulmana ilmastointilaitteen kiinnittäminen ikkunaan, ratkaisuna 3D-tulostus

This post is in Finnish due to its targeted audience; see Printables 3D print for short English explanation

Viime vuosien kuumat kesät ovat kuulemma lisänneet siirrettävien, helposti asennettavien ilmastointilaitteiden menekkiä, eikä mikään ihme - edellinen kesä oli paikoitellen kuumin vuosisataan. Niissä on vain se iänikuinen pulma: miten kiinnittää poistoletku siten ettei kuuma ilma tule heti takaisin sisään?

Aika usein ilmastointilaitteen mukana tullut ikkunasarja ei sovellu suomalaisiin ikkunoihin. Jotkut askartelevat laitteen mukana tulleesta pahvilootasta vetosuojan - itse kokeilin ekaksi sitä, eikä tulos järin hyvä ollut tosikorkean ikkunan kanssa. Finfoamia olisi myös voinut käyttää, mutta se ei ulkoa päin näytä kovin esteettiseltä

Näistä syistä, itse päädyin käyttämään 3D-tulostinta ja PVC-kalvoa apuvälineinä. Jos alkoi kiinnostamaan, lue eteenpäin!


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Pintograph (revisited) - pretty patterns with mathematics

Geometric patterns are fun. In this post, I’m going to showcase a particular method of generating such patterns, named pintograph as coined by the daughter of Fran McConville. It is, at its simplest, two rods connected at one end to draw a line with a pen, and other ends connected to rotating circles. However, its mathematical definition is a bit more involved, yet required for simulating it accurately on a computer…


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Boggling with Haskell : how to achieve victory over word puzzles

Word grid puzzles are tricky. If only there was a way to solve them quickly… I know! Let’s do it with Haskell!


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