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min

A tiny concatenative programming language and system shell, providing a small standard library with regular expression support, cryptography, file management, and more.

LiteStore

A self-contained, lightweight NoSQL data store, featuring a RESTful API, full-text search, JWT token validation and authorization support, server-side JavaScript middleware, and more.

HastyScribe

A self-contained Markdown to HTML compiler based on discount but including additional features such as support for snippets, custom fields, simple macros and more.

A pizza with Randal Schwartz

Talking about open source, programming, emacs and technical writing

10 programming languages worth checking out

A quick comparison of 10 non-mainstream programming languages

10 more programming languages worth checking out

Another look at 10 non-mainstream programming languages, 10 years later

Welcome

Welcome to H3RALD.com. This site used to be a fairly active blog back in the early 2000s, but sadly I progressively lost interest in writing articles, perhaps because I didn't have anything new to write about that you couldn't find elsewhere. However, all the content is still here, so feel free to browse through the articles section.

As I progressively neglected writing, I started creating more and more small programs and tools to perform common tasks, mostly using the Nim programming language. They are all open source, they all have a dedicated project page here, and there's some pretty decent documentation for most of them. You can find them all in the projects section.

At any rate, thank you for stopping by!

— Fabio

about

This site is now built with HastySite, my very own static site generator. Over the years, the site went through several iterations characterized by different visual themes and technology stacks, you can read about it here.

I consider myself a hacker in the true meaning of the word:

"A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary."

— Eric S. Raymond, The Jargon File

I am a passionate programmer and open source advocate, a technology enthusiast and a devoted Star Trek fan. Throughout my professional career I have been working as a developer, technical writer, software architect, and product owner.

credits

Special thanks to the following people, who made this web site possible:

David J. Perry, who designed the Cardo font used for the H3RALD logo.
atipo, who designed the Noway font, used throughout this web site.
Daniel Bruce, designer of the Entypo font, used for the icons on this web site.

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