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A newsletter on operating systems, build systems, programming languages, software engineering, and my own software projects. Specifics include FreeBSD, Linux, Rust, Bazel and EndBASIC.

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About Julio Merino

Software engineer who likes operating systems, programming languages, and build systems.

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