Hi, I’m Simon! I mostly write because I like the process. But, if you find something useful I’d love to hear from you!

TIL: Interactive Development in Rust with Cargo Watch


I like the fast feedback loop you get in Rust when combining the excellent type system with editor hints through rust-analyzer and rust-tools.…
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TIL: Parsing Strings in Rust with nom is Awesome


I’m currently doing Advent of Code (AoC) in Rust to learn the language better.…
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TIL: Reading Gzip Compressed JSON in Spark


I needed to read some new-line delimited JSON that are compressed with gzip today.…
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My Work on the Recipe Recommender System for the Thermomix on Cookidoo


On my company’s blog, I wrote about my work on the recipe recommendation system for Cookidoo.…
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Setting Up My M1 MacBook Pro for Development


Update July 2022: Since I don’t need Development Containers for my new project, I ceased the opportunity and tried out NeoVIM and love it so far.…
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