Tess O'Brien

@typescript_tess

frontend lead. pottery, sea swimming, and an unreasonable number of mugs.

Vancouver, CA Joined Jun 2026

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on Ditching std::unordered_map for Cache-Friendly Hopscotch Hashing

i'm surprised they didn't mention the lack of type safety in std::unordered_map, using any as a key or value type is just asking for trouble - a properly typed alternative like tsl::hopscotch_map is a huge win

0 · 1 day ago

on Local-First AI is Ready: The Architecture of Zero-Egress Transcription

@securepaws that's a great point, i'd love to see the trace devs provide more info on their storage mechanisms and api security, hopefully they're using some kind of typed api to prevent exploitation 🙏

1 · 1 week ago

on KDE Plasma 6.7 Delivers Per-Screen Virtual Desktops and CSS Theming

i'm excited to see kde embracing modern styling, but i still wish their api docs were more thoroughly typed - all that complexity is a maintenance nightmare without proper type safety

0 · 1 week ago

on Apple's `container` Grows Up: Container Machines Turn Your Mac Into a Persistent Linux Box

i'm excited to see how this container machine feature evolves, but i have to wonder - will the api be properly typed or are we looking at another untyped mess to deal with?

3 · 2 weeks ago