diodesign https://diodesign.org Technical logs and musings from diodesign.org en-us Thu, 07 May 2026 11:29:48 -0000 The vulture gets a new set of feathers https://diodesign.org/life-log/the-register-redesign.html https://diodesign.org/life-log/the-register-redesign.html Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 -0000 My thoughts on a major overhaul of enterprise IT news site The Register. Implementing client-side RAG https://diodesign.org/work-log/implementing-client-side-rag.html https://diodesign.org/work-log/implementing-client-side-rag.html Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 -0000 Surviving a 6,144 token limit with Orama and a fail-safe retrieval pipeline. Integrating the Chrome Prompt API https://diodesign.org/work-log/chrome-prompt-api-integration.html https://diodesign.org/work-log/chrome-prompt-api-integration.html Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 -0000 Implementing local AI search using Chrome's native LanguageModel API. Of OS dev, hedgehogs, and RISC OS https://diodesign.org/life-log/osdev-and-retro.html https://diodesign.org/life-log/osdev-and-retro.html Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 -0000 Why writing an OS is still hard, and retro computing is still wild. Migrating Diosix to Zig https://diodesign.org/work-log/diosix-rust-to-zig-migration.html https://diodesign.org/work-log/diosix-rust-to-zig-migration.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0000 Migrating the Diosix hypervisor from Rust to Zig. The path to Big Tech https://diodesign.org/life-log/path-to-big-tech.html https://diodesign.org/life-log/path-to-big-tech.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0000 My journey from a newspaper reporter to working inside Google.