https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com Brooklyn's digital garden — notes in various stages of completeness, published in the spirit of working in the open. https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/blog/notes%20on%20writing%20wasm https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/blog/notes%20on%20writing%20wasm I've been writing an increasing amount of Rust‑based Wasm over the past few years. The internet has many opinions about Wasm, and wasm-bindgen is -- let’s… 2025-12-26T18:01:11-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/blog/quartzification https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/blog/quartzification Switched the site over from Obsidian Publish to Quartz and hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Quartz 4 is a big step up from Quartz 3, though I still find it to be a… 2024-05-18T21:31:29-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/blog/surelock https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/blog/surelock Hello r/rust! Thank you for the interest in this work and for the delightful conversation ❤️ 2026-04-07T08:51:07-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/a%20distributed%20file%20system%20for%20secure%20p2p%20applications https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/a%20distributed%20file%20system%20for%20secure%20p2p%20applications A talk that I gave at Strange Loop 2022 about the design of Webnative File System 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/a%20universal%20"hostless"%20substrate%20for%20a%20post-serverless%20future https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/a%20universal%20"hostless"%20substrate%20for%20a%20post-serverless%20future A talk that I gave at Øredev 2019 painting a picture of how a cluster of innovations could be brought together. This ended up acting as somewhat of a roadmap… https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/a%20universal%20"hostless"%20substrate%20—%20antwerp%20edition https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/a%20universal%20"hostless"%20substrate%20—%20antwerp%20edition A talk of A Universal "Hostless" Substrate for a Post-Serverless Future variant that I gave at a meetup in Antwerp, Belgium in 2019 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/a%20whirlwind%20tour%20of%20elixir https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/a%20whirlwind%20tour%20of%20elixir A lunch & learn that I was invited to give at Buffer in 2019 about Elixir 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/abstract%20alchemy https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/abstract%20alchemy A talk that I gave at Elixir Daze 2018 about Witchcraft 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/an%20introduction%20to%20ucan https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/an%20introduction%20to%20ucan A talk about UCAN that I gave to the Ink & Switch community 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/authorizing%20users%20without%20a%20backend https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/authorizing%20users%20without%20a%20backend A talk that I gave at Coding Earth #1 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/beam%20to%20the%20future%20—%202022%20edition https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/beam%20to%20the%20future%20—%202022%20edition A talk variant of the BEAM to the Future — Old Ideas Made New that I gave at FunctionalConf 2022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/beam%20to%20the%20future%20—%20old%20ideas%20made%20new https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/beam%20to%20the%20future%20—%20old%20ideas%20made%20new My keynote at CodeBEAM SF 2020 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/beehive%20community%20update%20sept%202024 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/beehive%20community%20update%20sept%202024 A talk that I gave at the Automerge Community Call Sept 2024 about the Beehive auth project. 2024-10-28T12:47:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/better%20together%20—%20ipvm%20for%20an%20open%20world https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/better%20together%20—%20ipvm%20for%20an%20open%20world A talk that I gave at Compute Over Data Summit 2023 about IPVM specs and standards. https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/bridging%20the%20divide%20—%20a%20philosophy%20of%20library%20design https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/bridging%20the%20divide%20—%20a%20philosophy%20of%20library%20design A talk that I gave at Lambda Days 2019 about library design in Elixir https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/buffer%20whirlwind%20tour%20of%20elixir https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/buffer%20whirlwind%20tour%20of%20elixir I was invited by Buffer to talk to their team about Elixir in 2019 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/burn%20your%20laurels https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/burn%20your%20laurels A keynote that I gave at CodeBEAM EU 2022. The basic premise is that a lot of BEAM features are ending up in other tools, lessening the lead that the ecosystem… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/car%20pool%20and%20more https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/car%20pool%20and%20more A Conference Talk that I gave at IPFS þing 2022. 2022-07-10 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/consensus%20is%20impossible https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/consensus%20is%20impossible Brendan O'Brien and the number zero team put together a talk based on one of the proofs mentioned in A Hundred Impossibility Proofs. They asked me to be one of… 2025-03-06T18:02:23-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/decentralized%20authentication https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/decentralized%20authentication A talk that I gave at Compute Over Data Summit 2022 about UCAN 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/decentralized%20computation,%20storage%20&%20smart%20contract%20system%20design https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/decentralized%20computation,%20storage%20&%20smart%20contract%20system%20design A panel that I participated in at BlueYard x EthCC (On Off) Chain 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/decentralizing%20auth,%20and%20ucan%20too https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/decentralizing%20auth,%20and%20ucan%20too A talk I gave at IPFS þing 2023 about UCAN. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ecip%201050%20presentation https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ecip%201050%20presentation A talk that I gave about ECIP 1050 (the ETC version of EIP-1066) at the Ethereum Classic Summit 2019 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/erc-1066%20—%20better%20ux%20&%20dx%20in%20just%20one%20byte https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/erc-1066%20—%20better%20ux%20&%20dx%20in%20just%20one%20byte A talk that I gave about EIP-1066 at Devcon IV https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/evm%20evolution https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/evm%20evolution A talk that I gave at the Ethereum CoreDevs Istanbul Hardfork meeting 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/evm%20improvements%20—%20performance%20&%20safety https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/evm%20improvements%20—%20performance%20&%20safety A talk that I gave at RUN EVM Opcode 1 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/early%20fission%20deck https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/early%20fission%20deck An early version of the Fission deck from a pitch practice session in Vancouver 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/escape%20from%20flatland https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/escape%20from%20flatland A talk that I gave Empex MTN 2022 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/exceptional%20—%20staying%20on%20the%20happy%20path https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/exceptional%20—%20staying%20on%20the%20happy%20path A talk that I gave at The Big Elixir 2018 about Exceptional https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/feeling%20the%20local-first%20elephant https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/feeling%20the%20local-first%20elephant A keynote talk that I gave at PLF '23 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/fireside%20chat%20on%20bringing%20more%20fp%20to%20elixir https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/fireside%20chat%20on%20bringing%20more%20fp%20to%20elixir A fireside chat interview that I gave at CodeBEAM EU 2021 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/fission%202020%20technical%20roadmap https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/fission%202020%20technical%20roadmap An early Fission roadmap 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/fission%20cli%20linking%20preview https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/fission%20cli%20linking%20preview An early (2021) preview of the Fission CLI that I gave 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/full%20stack%20web%20apps%20without%20a%20backend,%20and%20more! https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/full%20stack%20web%20apps%20without%20a%20backend,%20and%20more! A talk that I gave at the Berlin Functional Programming Meetup about DIDs, UCAN, WNFS, and other distributed systems and local-first techniques 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/how%20you%20can%20authenticate%20users%20safely%20without%20a%20backend? https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/how%20you%20can%20authenticate%20users%20safely%20without%20a%20backend? A meetup talk that I gave at Turbine Kreuzberg about the UCAN 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipfs%20101%20&%20the%20next-gen%20web%20(nanaimo%20edition) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipfs%20101%20&%20the%20next-gen%20web%20(nanaimo%20edition) A meetup talk that I gave in Nanaimo, Canada in 2019 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipfs%20101%20talk https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipfs%20101%20talk A talk that I gave in Seattle, USA in 2019 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipfs,%20dids,%20and%20fission https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipfs,%20dids,%20and%20fission A talk that I gave at the Decentralized Web Meetup in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2019 about IPFS, DIDs, and Fission 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipvm%20—%20content%20addressed%20compute%20for%20an%20open%20world https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipvm%20—%20content%20addressed%20compute%20for%20an%20open%20world A talk I gave at IPFS þing 2023 about spec-level progress on IPVM. 2023-04-20 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipvm%20—%20seamless%20services https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipvm%20—%20seamless%20services A talk that I gave at Strange Loop 2023 about IPVM https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipvm%20—%20the%20ipfs%20execution%20layer https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipvm%20—%20the%20ipfs%20execution%20layer An update to IPVM — The Long Fabled Execution Engine that I gave at Compute Over Data Summit 2022 about the IPVM project https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipvm%20—%20the%20long%20fabled%20execution%20engine https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ipvm%20—%20the%20long%20fabled%20execution%20engine A Conference Talk that I gave at IPFS þing 2022 in Reykjavík, Iceland. https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/identity,%20capabilities,%20and%20private%20data https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/identity,%20capabilities,%20and%20private%20data A talk that I gave at IPFS þing 2022 largely about UCAN, but also touches on DIDs, WNFS, and (what is now known as) the Odd SDK 2022-07-10 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/inline%20ipld%20—%20ipld%20for%20humans https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/inline%20ipld%20—%20ipld%20for%20humans A Conference Talk that I gave at IPFS Camp 2024 about inline-ipld 2024-07-11T22:54:20+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/keyhive%20— recap'25 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/keyhive%20— recap'25 A talk that I gave at ReCAP (2025) about Keyhive. 2025-06-09T15:37:00-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/living%20on%20the%20edge https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/living%20on%20the%20edge A talk that I gave at CodeBEAM Brazil 2021 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/local%20first%20access%20control%20— dweb%20vancouver https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/local%20first%20access%20control%20— dweb%20vancouver A talk that I gave at the Vancouver Local First Weekend 2025. It was mostly about Keyhive, but also touches on some parts of UCAN. 2025-01-11 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/local-first%20key%20agreement%20with%20hierarchical%20hashing%20(2022) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/local-first%20key%20agreement%20with%20hierarchical%20hashing%20(2022) I gave two talks at Strange Loop 2022. The first was about the Skip Ratchet. Quinn Wilton was supposed to deliver this, but she was very disappointingly out… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/love%20potion%20no.%209 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/love%20potion%20no.%209 A keynote that I gave at Empex NYC 2018 advocating for more semantic code in Elixir 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/safe%20in%20the%20beehive https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/safe%20in%20the%20beehive I gave a talk about Beehive at the Local First Software Meetup on 29 October 2024. 2024-10-29T10:11:58-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/safe%20in%20the%20keyhive%20— lofi%20conf%20'25 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/safe%20in%20the%20keyhive%20— lofi%20conf%20'25 A talk that I gave at Local-First Conference (2025) about Keyhive. 2025-06-09T15:25:40-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/safety%20in%20the%20keyhive%20—%20seattle%20edition https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/safety%20in%20the%20keyhive%20—%20seattle%20edition A talk that I gave at DWeb Seattle about Keyhive. 2025-02-28 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/seamless%20services%20for%20an%20open%20world https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/seamless%20services%20for%20an%20open%20world Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/smart%20contract%20as%20a%20service%20—%20using%20messages%20to%20share%20contracts https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/smart%20contract%20as%20a%20service%20—%20using%20messages%20to%20share%20contracts A talk that I gave at Devcon V about EIP-1066 and EIP-1444 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/software%20unplugged%20dweb%20online%20edition https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/software%20unplugged%20dweb%20online%20edition A shortened variant of the Software Unplugged talk that I gave at the DWeb Meetup Online on 2025 August 27 2025-01-11 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/software%20unplugged https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/software%20unplugged A keynote that I gave at Our Networks about Local-first 2024-07-26T23:32:27-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/technical%20overview%20of%20the%20web%20native%20file%20system https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/technical%20overview%20of%20the%20web%20native%20file%20system A technical overview that Daniel Holmgren and I gave about the Webnative File System in 2020 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20dark%20forest%20—%20private%20crdts%20as%20global%20database https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20dark%20forest%20—%20private%20crdts%20as%20global%20database A talk that I gave at CascadiaJS 2022 about peer-to-peer tech, CRDTs, Byzantine Fault Tolerance, UCAN, and a bunch of the stuff that we're working towards at… https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20edge%20of%20tomorrow https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20edge%20of%20tomorrow A talk that I gave at BlueYard x EthCC (On Off) Chain. 2022-07-20 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20jump%20to%20hyperspace%20(elixirconf) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20jump%20to%20hyperspace%20(elixirconf) A keynote that I gave at ElixirConf 2021 about a lot of the work that we're doing at Fission Codes, and hoping to point a way forward for the Elixir ecosystem… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20jump%20to%20hyperspace%20(goto) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20jump%20to%20hyperspace%20(goto) Abstract 2024-10-28T12:47:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20jump%20to%20hyperspace%20(yow!) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20jump%20to%20hyperspace%20(yow!) I was asked to give an updated version of my The Jump to Hyperspace (ElixirConf) for a general (non-Elixir) technical audience at YOW! 2023 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20mess%20we're%20(still)%20in https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20mess%20we're%20(still)%20in A keynote that Quinn Wilton and I jointly gave at CodeBEAM A Coruña. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20state%20of%20the%20ipfs%20devtools%20ecosystem https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20state%20of%20the%20ipfs%20devtools%20ecosystem A panel that Brendan O'Brien, Carson Farmer, Sara Feenan, and I were on during IPFS Camp 2022 about developer tools in the IPFS ecosystem. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20tyranny%20of%20structurelessness%20(amsterdam) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20tyranny%20of%20structurelessness%20(amsterdam) A keynote that I gave at CodeBEAM Amsterdam 2019 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20tyranny%20of%20structurelessness%20(virtual) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20tyranny%20of%20structurelessness%20(virtual) The updated version of The Tyranny of Structurelessness (Amsterdam) for CodeBEAM Virtual 2020 (Brazil) 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20unreasonable%20effectiveness%20of%20monads https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20unreasonable%20effectiveness%20of%20monads A talk that I gave at Øredev 2019 about the basic idea of why monads are useful 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20webnative%20stack%20(iceland) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/the%20webnative%20stack%20(iceland) A talk that I gave at IPFS þing 2022 about Fission's tech stack 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20+%20wnfs%20for%20filecoin https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20+%20wnfs%20for%20filecoin A talk that I gave to the Filecoin folks in 2021 about how UCAN and WNFS can make permissioned data on Filecoin a reality. In many ways, this was the… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20be%20in%20control%20of%20your%20auth https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20be%20in%20control%20of%20your%20auth Conference Talk that I gave about UCAN 2024-07-19T12:32:43-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20build%20apps%20with%20ipfs https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20build%20apps%20with%20ipfs A UCAN + IPFS workshop that J Chris Anderson and Alan Shaw gave at IPFS Camp 2022 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20decentralize%20auth https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20decentralize%20auth A talk that I gave at IPFS þing 2023 about UCAN 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20too%20(2023) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20too%20(2023) A talk (ahead of a workshop) about UCAN that Irakli Gozalishvili and Alan Shaw gave at IPFS þing 2023 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20—%20how%20to%20make%20the%20internet%20web3%20from%20the%20inside%20out https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/ucan%20—%20how%20to%20make%20the%20internet%20web3%20from%20the%20inside%20out A talk about UCAN that I gave at the CASA Gathering 2022 in Amsterdam, Netherlands https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/universal%20hostless%20substrate%20—%20calgary%20edition https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/universal%20hostless%20substrate%20—%20calgary%20edition A variant of the Universal Substrate talk that I gave at a meetup in Calgary, Canada in 2020 (a few weeks before the pandemic started) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/universal%20hostless%20substrate%20—%20fernie https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/universal%20hostless%20substrate%20—%20fernie A variant of Universal Hostless Substrate that I gave at Ferie Internet Next https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/wnfs%20file%20sharing%20preview%20(2021) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/wnfs%20file%20sharing%20preview%20(2021) A talk that I gave at Fission demo day about private file sharing in WNFS 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/wnfs%20at%20fission%20tech%20talks https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/wnfs%20at%20fission%20tech%20talks An early talk that I gave about WNFS at a Fission tech talk in 2020 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/wnfs%20at%20ipfs%20security%20wg https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/wnfs%20at%20ipfs%20security%20wg A talk that I gave to the IPFS community about WNFS in 2021 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/wnfs%20—%20beyond%20unixfs https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/wnfs%20—%20beyond%20unixfs "Beyond UnixFS: Extending IPFS for Edge Apps & Web3" https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/web3%20for%20fun%20and%20profit https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/web3%20for%20fun%20and%20profit A talk that I gave at CascadiaJS 2021. It's mainly an intro to"big tent" web3. The title is meant to be tongue-in-cheeck. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/webnative%20—%20how%20to%20put%20a%20full%20stack%20directly%20in%20the%20browser https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/webnative%20—%20how%20to%20put%20a%20full%20stack%20directly%20in%20the%20browser A talk that I gave at Speakeasy JS in 2021 about what is now called the Odd SDK https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/webnative%20file%20system%20(july%202022) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/webnative%20file%20system%20(july%202022) A joint talk by me and Philipp Krüger at IPFS þing 2022 about the Webnative File System and touches on the Skip Ratchet. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/what's%20new%20in%20ucan%201.0 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/what's%20new%20in%20ucan%201.0 A Conference Talk that I gave at IPFS Camp 2024 about UCAN 2024-07-11T14:49:02+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/why%20a%20content%20addressed%20alliance https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/why%20a%20content%20addressed%20alliance A joint Conference Talk at IPFS þing 2022 where Boris Mann and I propose that the community form a Content Addressed Alliance 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/witchcraft%20—%20monads%20for%20the%20working%20alchemist https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/witchcraft%20—%20monads%20for%20the%20working%20alchemist A keynote that I gave at ElixirLDN (now CodeBEAM) in London, UK in 2017 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/witchcraft%20— lessons%20from%20porting%20monads%20to%20elixir https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/brooke's%20talks/witchcraft%20— lessons%20from%20porting%20monads%20to%20elixir This is a talk that I gave remotely at Func Prog Sweden on 11 June 2024 about the Witchcraft (Elixir Library). 2024-06-21T16:03:20-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/!!con%202024 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/!!con%202024 Website 2024-10-28T12:47:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/automerge%20community%20call%20sept%202024 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/automerge%20community%20call%20sept%202024 The September 2024 edition of the Automerge Community Call 2024-09-26T12:41:03-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/automerge%20community%20call https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/automerge%20community%20call Run by Ink & Switch 2024-09-26T12:41:03-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/blueyard%20x%20ethcc%20(on%20off)%20chain https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/blueyard%20x%20ethcc%20(on%20off)%20chain A one-day conference run by BlueYard Capital in Paris, France on 2022-July-20 next to EthCC. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/cascadiajs%202021 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/cascadiajs%202021 The 2021 edition of CascadiaJS, which was primarily online (and prerecorded) due to COVID-19 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/cascadiajs%202022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/cascadiajs%202022 Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/cascadiajs https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/cascadiajs Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/causal%20islands%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/causal%20islands%202023 Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/clojure%20conj%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/clojure%20conj%202023 The 2023 edition of Clojure Conj 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/clojure%20conj https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/clojure%20conj A conference series about Clojure 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%202023 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20a%20coruña https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20a%20coruña The CodeBEAM regional series in A Coruña, Spain in 2022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20amsterdam%202019 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20amsterdam%202019 In the CodeBEAM series 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20eu%202021 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20eu%202021 The 2021 edition of CodeBEAM, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20eu%202022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20eu%202022 Location: Stockholm, Sweden 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20sf%202020 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20sf%202020 The San Francisco, USA edition of CodeBEAM in 2020 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20virtual%202020 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam%20virtual%202020 The online edition of CodeBEAM in 2020 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/codebeam A conference series about BEAM languages. I've spoken & keynoted several CodeBEAMs at time of writing. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/compute%20over%20data%20summit%202022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/compute%20over%20data%20summit%202022 The 2022 edition of Compute Over Data Summit in Lisbon, Portugal (next to IPFS Camp 2022) 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/compute%20over%20data%20summit%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/compute%20over%20data%20summit%202023 The 2023 edition of Compute Over Data Summit in Boston, USA 2023-May-09 - 2023-May-10. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/compute%20over%20data%20summit https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/compute%20over%20data%20summit Location: Lisbon, Portugal 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/dweb%20meetup%20online https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/dweb%20meetup%20online The online version of the DWeb meetup. 2025-08-31T13:55:10-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/dweb%20seattle https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/dweb%20seattle The DWeb Seattle Node is a meetup dedicated to dweb topics. 2025-03-05T19:19:00-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/dweb%20vancouver https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/dweb%20vancouver The Vancouver chapter of the DWeb meetup. 2025-03-06T17:48:26-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/decentralized%20web%20meetup https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/decentralized%20web%20meetup 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/devcon%20iv https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/devcon%20iv The fourth iteration of Ethereum Devcon 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/devcon%20v https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/devcon%20v The fifth iteration of Devcon, held in Osaka, Japan in 2019 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/devcon https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/devcon The annual Ethereum developer conference 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/distributed%20systems%20reading%20group https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/distributed%20systems%20reading%20group Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ecoop22 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ecoop22 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixir%20daze%202018 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixir%20daze%202018 The 2018 edition of Elixir Daze 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixir%20daze https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixir%20daze An Elixir conference series held in Denver, USA 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixirconf%202021 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixirconf%202021 The 2021 edition of ElixirConf, held in Austin, Texas, USA 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixirconf https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixirconf An annual American Elixir conference 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixirldn https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/elixirldn 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/empex%20nyc%202018 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/empex%20nyc%202018 The 2018 edition of Empex in New York City, New York 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/empex https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/empex Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/goto%20chicago%202024 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/goto%20chicago%202024 Website 2024-10-28T12:47:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/goto https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/goto Website 2024-10-28T12:47:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/high%20performance%20transaction%20systems%202022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/high%20performance%20transaction%20systems%202022 The 2022 edition of High Performance Transaction Systems 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/high%20performance%20transaction%20systems https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/high%20performance%20transaction%20systems 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20camp%202022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20camp%202022 Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20camp%202024 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20camp%202024 Website 2024-06-06T06:50:40-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20camp https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20camp Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20þing%202022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20þing%202022 The inaugural IPFS þing, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, 2022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20þing%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20þing%202023 The 2023 edition of IPFS þing 2023-04-14 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20þing https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/ipfs%20þing "þing" is the Icelandic word for "parliament" or "council". It's primarily aimed at folks working on IPFS directly, as opposed to IPFS Camp which is more for… https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/lambda%20days%202019 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/lambda%20days%202019 The 2019 edition of Lambda Days 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/lambda%20days https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/lambda%20days A functional programming conference series that runs annually in Kraków, Poland 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/local%20first%20conf https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/local%20first%20conf Website 2025-06-09T15:25:40-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/local%20first%20software%20meetup https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/local%20first%20software%20meetup The lofi meetup 2024-10-29T10:11:58-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/local-first%20conference%20(2024) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/local-first%20conference%20(2024) The 2024 edition ofLocal First Conf 2024-05-31T16:33:53+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/local-first%20conference%20(2025) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/local-first%20conference%20(2025) The 2025 edition ofLocal First Conf 2025-06-09T15:25:40-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/nixcon%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/nixcon%202023 Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/nixcon https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/nixcon Conference for Nix 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/our%20networks https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/our%20networks Website 2024-07-26T23:32:27-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/recap%20(2025) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/recap%20(2025) The "Re-Imagining Cryptography and Privacy" (ReCAP) Workshop 2025-06-09T15:37:00-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/splash%20'23 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/splash%20'23 Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/splash https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/splash An ongoing academic conference series 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/speakeasy%20js https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/speakeasy%20js Speakeasy JS is the meetup for 🥼 mad science, 🧙‍♂️ hacking, and 🧪 experiments. We hang out virtually on Friday at 10am Pacific Time each… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/strange%20loop%202022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/strange%20loop%202022 The 2022 edition of Strange Loop 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/strange%20loop%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/strange%20loop%202023 2023 will be the final year of Strange Loop 😭 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/strange%20loop https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/strange%20loop Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/the%20big%20elixir%202018 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/the%20big%20elixir%202018 The 2018 edition of The Big Elixir 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/the%20big%20elixir https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/the%20big%20elixir Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/vancouver%20local%20first%20weekend https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/vancouver%20local%20first%20weekend 11 Jan 2025 and 12 Jan 2025 2025-03-06T18:02:23-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/yow!%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/yow!%202023 The YOW! series for 2023 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/yow! https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/yow! Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/øredev%202019 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/øredev%202019 The 2019 edition of Øredev https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/øredev https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/conferences%20&%20meetups/øredev A large annual tech conference held in Malmö, Sweden https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/food/bbq%20beans https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/food/bbq%20beans A recipe for beans that has been very popular around these parts. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/food/bolognese https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/food/bolognese Katie has a family recipe that's pretty great, but I want to experiment with this one sometime: 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/food/cajun%20spice https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/food/cajun%20spice 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/food/cold%20seared%20steak https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/food/cold%20seared%20steak "Cold sear" is a steak cooking technique from America's Test Kitchen. Unlike the traditional high heat method that I'm familiar from my time working as a cook,… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w21 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w21 "Officially" a short week due to Victoria Day 2024-05-23T14:19:37-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w22 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w22 W22 2024 2024-05-31T11:26:18+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w23 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w23 W23 2024 2024-06-06T06:50:40-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w24 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w24 W24 2024 2024-06-17T11:25:47-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w25 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w25 W25 2024 2024-06-17T11:25:47-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w26 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w26 W26 2024 2024-06-24T10:03:00-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w27 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w27 W27 2024 2024-07-11T23:28:49+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w28 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w28 W28 2024 2024-07-11T23:28:49+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w29 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w29 W29 2024 2024-07-14T10:40:11+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w30 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w30 W30 2024 2024-07-23T16:14:41-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w31 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2024/w31 W31 2024 2024-07-29T10:55:01-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2025/w18 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2025/w18 W18 2025 2025-05-02T13:01:24-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2026/w2 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/log/2026/w2 First week back from the holidays! 2026-01-06T22:56:32-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/2024%20july%2011 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/2024%20july%2011 2024-07-19T12:32:43-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/3blue1brown https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/3blue1brown Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/academish%20voice https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/academish%20voice Link 2025-05-02T13:05:23-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/appa https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/appa Appa (named for the sky bison in Avatar: the Last Airbender), is a joint effort by Fission (mainly Philipp Krüger, number zero (mainly dignifiedquire), and… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/authomerge https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/authomerge This project was renamed to Keyhive. These notes reflect the earlier design exploration. 2024-06-21T16:03:20-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge%20binary%20document%20format https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge%20binary%20document%20format Spec Website 2024-07-07T13:45:59-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge%20sync https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge%20sync Below is a snapshot of my understanding of Automerge and related projects as of 2024-07-25. 2024-07-17T14:25:42-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge%20and%20version%20control%20for%20rich%20text https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge%20and%20version%20control%20for%20rich%20text Conference Talk by Alex Good about rich text in Automerge 2024-07-19T11:45:23-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/beam https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/beam The virtual machine underlying Erlang, Elixir, LFE, and many other languages. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/bear%20pond%20espresso https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/bear%20pond%20espresso Bear Pond Espresso is a coffee shop in Tokyo. They do a very thick espresso-like drink that they call the "angel stain" — I've never had anything like it… 2025-03-10T23:39:05-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/bidirectional%20typing https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/bidirectional%20typing 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/bluesky https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/bluesky Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/calm https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/calm Wow I just found this in some old notes and this page needs a ton of work 😅 Apologies 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/covid-19 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/covid-19 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/crdt https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/crdt A Conflict-free Replicated Data Type is a data structure that can be replicated across multiple peers, edited concurrently without coordination, and merged… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/conference%20talk https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/conference%20talk See the backlinks for specific talks 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/crates%20(package%20registry) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/crates%20(package%20registry) Website 2024-07-14T10:40:11+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/czechia https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/czechia 2024-07-14T10:45:18+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/deflate https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/deflate RFC 1951 2024-07-17T14:25:42-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/database https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/database 2024-05-19T15:24:11-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/distributed%20systems https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/distributed%20systems 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/elixir https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/elixir Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/end-to-end%20encryption%20demystified https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/end-to-end%20encryption%20demystified Conference Talk by Nik Graf about Serenity 2024-07-22T10:17:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/every%20app%20secretly%20wants%20to%20be%20local-first https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/every%20app%20secretly%20wants%20to%20be%20local-first Conference Talk by Anselm Eikhoff about Jazz.tools 2024-07-19T12:07:31-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/fission%20codes https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/fission%20codes Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/haskell https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/haskell I use a lot of Haskell — it's probably my best language and the one that I think clearest in. It's a strong statically typed FP language in the ML lineage… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/home%20desktop https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/home%20desktop I finally bit the bullet and built a Linux desktop on 2023-May-21 (it was, in fact, the Year of Linux on the Desktop around here). It's had a few modifications… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/home%20manager%20search https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/home%20manager%20search Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/home%20manager https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/home%20manager Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/home-cooked%20software%20and%20barefoot%20programmers https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/home-cooked%20software%20and%20barefoot%20programmers Conference Talk by Maggie Appleton about Local-first 2024-07-22T10:17:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/how%20to%20keep%20greens%20fresh https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/how%20to%20keep%20greens%20fresh Put greens in a bag 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/ink%20&%20switch https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/ink%20&%20switch 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/kagi https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/kagi Website 2024-06-21T16:03:20-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/keyhive https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/keyhive GitHub Repo 2025-03-05T19:19:00-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/knedlíky https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/knedlíky Childhood favourite 🇨‍🇿 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/lessons%20for%20the%20future%20of%20programming%20languages%20from%20a%20decade%20of%20local%20first https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/lessons%20for%20the%20future%20of%20programming%20languages%20from%20a%20decade%20of%20local%20first Conference Talk by Alexander Stigson about Realm 2024-07-22T10:17:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/little%20elephants%20everywhere https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/little%20elephants%20everywhere Conference Talk by James Arthur about ElectricSQL 2024-07-19T12:32:43-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/local-first%20summit%20010 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/local-first%20summit%20010 Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/local-first%20and%20social%20software https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/local-first%20and%20social%20software Conference Talk by Anton Pronkin about Anytype 2024-07-19T12:44:36-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/local-first%20software%20(article) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/local-first%20software%20(article) Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/local-first https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/local-first Term initially coined in Local-first software 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/monodraw https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/monodraw Website 2024-06-06T06:50:40-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/mutually%20assured%20education https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/mutually%20assured%20education Website 2024-05-31T11:26:18+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/nebula%20(video%20site) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/nebula%20(video%20site) Website 2024-05-21T16:52:01-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/nix https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/nix Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/nixos https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/nixos Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/paper https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/paper 🚧 I'm slowly migrating my notes from GoodNotes to Obsidian 🚧 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/papers https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/papers This page is a routing node. Check backlinks to see a list of papers. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/peanut%20butter%20cookies https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/peanut%20butter%20cookies Whisk together dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt) 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/privacytests.org https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/privacytests.org "Best Private Browsers" 2025-08-14T09:44:08-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/programming%20language https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/programming%20language 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/programming%20local-first%202023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/programming%20local-first%202023 Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/quartz https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/quartz Docs 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/representing%20sha-256%20hashes%20as%20avatars https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/representing%20sha-256%20hashes%20as%20avatars Blog Post 2025-03-10T15:01:18-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/rust https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/rust Cheat sheet 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/serenity%20notes https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/serenity%20notes Webite 2024-05-31T11:26:18+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/smokey%20the%20cat https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/smokey%20the%20cat Smokey is Katie's Persian cat. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/start%20with%20offline https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/start%20with%20offline Conference Talk by Philip Lam about GoodNotes 2024-07-22T10:17:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/stenography https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/stenography I started learning steno 2024-05-21T16:52:01-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/streaming%20a%20collaborative%20filesystem https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/streaming%20a%20collaborative%20filesystem Conference Talk by Yifeng Wang about Affine 2024-07-19T12:32:43-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/subduction https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/subduction GitHub Repo 2026-03-01T17:19:47-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/sḵwx̱wú7mesh https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/sḵwx̱wú7mesh https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/tepache https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/tepache Fermented "pineapple beer" 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/the%20forgotten%20history%20of%20the%20early%20indies https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/the%20forgotten%20history%20of%20the%20early%20indies Conference Talk by Drew McCormack about Agenda 2024-07-19T16:51:13-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/the%20past,%20present,%20and%20future%20of%20local-first https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/the%20past,%20present,%20and%20future%20of%20local-first Conference Talk by Martin Kleppmann about Local-first 2024-07-22T10:17:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/the%20unreasonable%20advantage%20of%20building%20local-first https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/the%20unreasonable%20advantage%20of%20building%20local-first Conference Talk by Jack McCloy about the biz opporunities of LoFi 2024-07-22T10:17:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/the%20why%20and%20how%20of%20building%20a%20local-first%20music%20app https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/the%20why%20and%20how%20of%20building%20a%20local-first%20music%20app Conference Talk by Johannes Schickling about Overtone & LiveStore 2024-07-22T10:17:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/two%20myths%20about%20building%20offline-capable%20saas%20apps https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/two%20myths%20about%20building%20offline-capable%20saas%20apps Conference Talk by Paulus Esterhazy about Pitch 2024-07-19T12:32:43-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/ubc%20garden https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/ubc%20garden The gardens at UBC. Katie and I visited it on 2024 June 13 to consider it for our wedding. 2024-06-21T16:03:20-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/unexpected%20benefits%20of%20going%20local-first https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/unexpected%20benefits%20of%20going%20local-first Conference Talk by Tuomas Artman about Linear 2024-07-22T10:17:38-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/user%20controlled%20authorization%20networks https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/user%20controlled%20authorization%20networks You can think of UCAN as roughly an end-user controlled, offline-first, extensible, capabilities-based variant of OAuth that enables: 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/using%20effect%20schema%20to%20enable%20interoperable%20local-first%20applications https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/using%20effect%20schema%20to%20enable%20interoperable%20local-first%20applications Conference Talk by Jess Martin about DXOS 2024-07-19T12:07:31-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wardley%20map%20mini%20course https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wardley%20map%20mini%20course A little introductory course about Wardley Maps 2025-03-07T16:29:25-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wardley%20map https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wardley%20map [!summary] A Wardley map is a map for business strategy. Components are positioned within a value chain and anchored by the user need, with movement described… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wave%20(software) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wave%20(software) Website 2024-05-21T16:52:01-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/we%20are%20canadian https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/we%20are%20canadian In the early 2000s there was a beer ad that went viral (for the time) with the catchphrase "I AM CANADIAN". 2025-03-06T17:55:24-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/webassembly https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/webassembly Neither "web" nor "assembly", Wasm is a portable bytecode format that can be interpreted directly or used as an IR for backends like Cranelift. The ISA is… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/webnative%20file%20system https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/webnative%20file%20system Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wedding%20(brooke%20&%20katie) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wedding%20(brooke%20&%20katie) I'm getting married to Katie 2024-07-14T10:45:18+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/witchcraft%20(elixir%20library) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/witchcraft%20(elixir%20library) Website 2024-05-23T14:19:37-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/witchcraft%20software%20(company) https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/witchcraft%20software%20(company) This is the DBA for my BC sole proprietorship. The name is a reference to Witchcraft (Elixir Library), which in many ways shifted the course of my career (and… 2024-06-21T16:03:20-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/your%20web%20app%20but%20good https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/your%20web%20app%20but%20good Conference Talk by Aaron Boodman about Replicache 2024-07-19T12:07:31-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge-rs https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/automerge-rs GitHub 2024-07-17T14:25:42-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/im https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/im Website: docrs 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/number%20zero https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/number%20zero Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/programming%20language%20theory https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/programming%20language%20theory 2024-05-19T15:24:11-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/səlilwətaɬ https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/səlilwətaɬ https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/vancouver.dev https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/vancouver.dev Website 2024-05-31T11:26:18+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wasm-bindgen https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wasm-bindgen Crate 2025-12-26T18:01:11-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wasm_refgen https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/wasm_refgen While working on the Wasm bindings for Subduction, I was dissatisfied with how brittle custom_typescript sections are. I doubt that I'm the first one to come… 2025-11-15T16:58:15Z https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/xʷməθkʷəy̓əm https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/notes/xʷməθkʷəy̓əm A First Nations band & government https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/50%20years%20in%20filesystems https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/50%20years%20in%20filesystems Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/ambrosia https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/ambrosia Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/authenticated%20append-only%20skip%20lists https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/authenticated%20append-only%20skip%20lists PDF 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/beehive%20—%20%20o(1)%20lookup%20performance%20for%20power-law%20query%20distributions%20in%20peer-to-peer%20overlays https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/beehive%20—%20%20o(1)%20lookup%20performance%20for%20power-law%20query%20distributions%20in%20peer-to-peer%20overlays PDF 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article https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/differential%20lambda%20calculus https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/differential%20lambda%20calculus Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/differential%20dataflow https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/differential%20dataflow PDF 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/effect%20handlers,%20evidently https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/effect%20handlers,%20evidently PDF 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/effects,%20capabilities,%20and%20boxes https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/effects,%20capabilities,%20and%20boxes Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/eigentrust++ https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/eigentrust++ PDF 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/ghosts%20of%20departed%20proofs https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/ghosts%20of%20departed%20proofs PDF 2026-05-17 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https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/what%20lies%20in%20the%20path%20of%20the%20revolution https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/what%20lies%20in%20the%20path%20of%20the%20revolution Author: Antranig Basman 2025-08-14T09:44:08-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/zht https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/papers/zht ZHT: A Light-weight Reliable Persistent Dynamic Scalable Zero-hop Distributed Hash Table 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/alex%20good https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/alex%20good GitHub 2024-07-07T13:45:59-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/boris%20mann https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/boris%20mann Boris (he/him) was my cofounder at Fission Codes (where he was CEO) and SPADE (where I was CEO). Fun fact: I rented a desk from him in 2014. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/brooklyn%20elizabeth%20zelenka https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/brooklyn%20elizabeth%20zelenka Hi, I'm Brooke (she/her) — known as @expede online. I'm the owner of this site. I live in Vancouver with my nesting partner Katie Wilde and our cat Smokey. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/daniel%20holmgren https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/daniel%20holmgren Daniel (he/him) was the first hire at Fission Codes. I enjoyed working with everyone at Fission, but Daniel was an absolute delight. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/joseph%20m.%20hellerstein https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/joseph%20m.%20hellerstein Wikipedia 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/kathleen%20ann%20wilde https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/kathleen%20ann%20wilde Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/mae%20milano https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/mae%20milano Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/martin%20kleppmann https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/martin%20kleppmann Website 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/philipp%20krüger https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/people/philipp%20krüger I worked with Philipp (he/him) at Fission Codes for a couple years. I can't say enough good things about him. He's very bright, open, a hard worker, and very… https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/places/berlin,%20germany https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/places/berlin,%20germany 2024-05-31T16:33:53+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/places/brussels,%20belgium https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/places/brussels,%20belgium 2024-07-11T14:49:02+02:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/places/internet%20archive%20vancouver https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/places/internet%20archive%20vancouver A branch of the Internet Archive 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/places/vancouver,%20canada https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/places/vancouver,%20canada The city of Vancouver is located within the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/chop%20wood%20and%20carry%20water https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/chop%20wood%20and%20carry%20water [!quote] 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/companies%20innovate%20slowly%20to%20maximize%20roi https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/companies%20innovate%20slowly%20to%20maximize%20roi [!quote] [C]ompanies improve/innovate slowly to maximize ROI [...] The free market means improvement for the consumers, but at the slowest possible rate, and… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/delegation%20cannot%20be%20prevented https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/delegation%20cannot%20be%20prevented [!quote] The truth of the matter is: delegation cannot be prevented. The further truth of the matter is: we do not appreciate how fortunate it is that… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/find%20something%20worth%20suffering%20for https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/find%20something%20worth%20suffering%20for [!quote] Life is suffering, so choose something worth suffering for. 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/hofstadter's%20law https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/hofstadter's%20law [!quote] It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law Douglas Hofstadter, 1979 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/i%20don't%20think%20computing%20is%20a%20real%20field https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/i%20don't%20think%20computing%20is%20a%20real%20field [!quote] I don't think computing is a real field. It acts like a pop culture, it deals in fads, and it doesn't even know its own roots. And worse than that it… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/keep%20fun%20in%20computing https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/keep%20fun%20in%20computing [!QUOTE] I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of… 2024-07-19T11:45:23-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/let%20go,%20or%20be%20dragged https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/let%20go,%20or%20be%20dragged [!quote] Let go or be dragged Old Zen saying 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/wade's%20maxim https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/quotes/wade's%20maxim [!quote] Nobody made money by typing — Wade's Maxim 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/standards/ucan%20invocation https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/standards/ucan%20invocation Extends the UCAN delegation model to invocation. This distinction is important for several reasons (as explained in the README). Invocations have many uses,… 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/standards/varsig https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/standards/varsig GitHub Repo 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/wtf/quartz%20directories https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/wtf/quartz%20directories Quartz directories only work at one level out of the box 2024-05-23T14:19:37-07:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/wtf/zellij%20scrollback https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/wtf/zellij%20scrollback If you set the Zellij scrollback setting above ~5000 lines and open a session's worth of panes, it can get stuck and AFAICT there's no way to save that session. 2026-03-01T17:19:47-08:00 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2016 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2016 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2017 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2017 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2018 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2018 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2019 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2019 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2020 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2020 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2021 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2021 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2022 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2022 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2023 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2023 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2024 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/years/2024 2026-05-17 https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/ https://notes.brooklynzelenka.com/ Hey there, I'm Brooke, a composer-turned-programmer living in beautiful, rainy Vancouver. You can find me most places online as @expede. I'm currently a senior… 2026-05-17