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Writing my own DNS proxy to beat Blocky

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:46:26 GMT

I wanted to write my own so I did :)

It's still a work in progress, but here's the link if you want to start using it yourself: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/dnss

Website: https://zacoons.com

On youtube: https://youtu.be/2Fy3oEBh8OI

0:00 - uses of dns proxy
0:22 - what is dns
0:46 - what is dns proxy
0:55 - blocky
1:07 - yet another perfect instantiation of the programmers' credo
1:29 - dnsmasq
1:56 - memory issues
2:49 - memory solutions???
4:43 - dnss
5:00 - byebye

Minecraft, but it's a Wayland compositor

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:52:13 GMT

Wow.

Thanks to everyone on the Zig Discord for being such a helpful community, to Vaxry for making Hyprland, which was a useful reference along with SWC by Michael Forney.

Here's the code, which, quite frankly, might be dangerous to look at: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/waycraft/

Also go check out Dirt Poor Robins who has epic music:
Bandcamp: https://dirtpoorrobins.bandcamp.com
YouTube: ‪https://youtube.com/@dirtpoorrobins
Website: https://dirtpoorrobins.com

My website: https://zacoons.com

On youtube: https://youtu.be/lsBxWYDspV8

0:00 - eh?
0:36 - step 1 (vulkan)
1:10 - step 2 (doing wayland stuff)
2:04 - boring
3:08 - implementing compositor
3:20 - implementing minecraft
4:16 - beating minecraft
5:54 - implementing minecraft
6:26 - implementing compositor
7:27 - implementing compositor and minecraft at the same time
7:56 - the fricking bug
8:26 - doom
9:04 - shell commands
9:24 - fizzicks
9:35 - pointer input
9:47 - eh

pls repeal the Social Media Minimum Age Bill

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 02:19:02 GMT

A call to action against the impending Social Media Minimum Age Bill in Australia.

Petition: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN8722/
Contact politicians: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian_Search_Results
The bill itself: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/r7284_aspassed/toc_pdf/24150b01.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf

If you're watching this @AlphaNerd:8 it might be worth making a video about.

NOTE: I was being a bit rhetorical when I implied that kid's can't learn stuff without YouTube. They can. It's just a lot harder, and as such, fewer people will do it.

On YouTube: https://youtu.be/j6yhFFNr0kc

Writing a 3d renderer in Typst because

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:12:10 GMT

@sylvanfranklin:e Helix is better

Huge thanks to https://scratchapixel.com/ which is an excellent resource for learning about stuff like this. This video wouldn't have been possible without scratchapixel. Also Typst is pretty cool. You should check it out: https://typst.app/

Source code: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/typst3d/

Website: https://zacoons.com/

On youtube: https://youtu.be/ocsR-o7auak

Timestamps:
0:00 - what is typst
0:20 - investigation
2:31 - 2d triangle
3:19 - 3d triangle
4:20 - image instead of half block chars
4:35 - tex coords
4:58 - bmp decoding
5:20 - depth buffer
5:42 - bad cube
6:08 - obj importing
6:29 - finale

This ladybird is going places

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:29:53 GMT

A video about Ladybird, which is a cool new open source browser being written from scratch.

Keep up to date on Ladybird:
https://ladybird.org/
https://youtube.com/@LadybirdBrowser

The PR explained in this video: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/Ladybird/pull/5530

PYSToL:
Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/purge-youtube-suggestions/jhgijamhkfofiagnfjpaidaffdgbaehm
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pystol/
P.S. I lost my Mozilla password so I can't provide updates for the Firefox version. If ur reading this Mozilla, pls let me in (◕_◕)

My website: https://zacoons.com/

On youtube: https://youtu.be/mUfkLJt4LD0

Timestamps:
0:00 - wut is Ladybird???
0:26 - wut is a ladybird???
0:36 - taking a look
1:00 - ah the old days
1:25 - when it's coming
1:45 - progress
2:00 - the bug
2:12 - the fix
3:52 - Ladybird cool
4:28 - pystol ad

How I won Hyprland's 4th ricing competition

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:18:14 GMT

Here's a video about how I won the 4th Hyprland "ricing" competition.

The code: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/rivendell-hyprdots
imgborders plugin: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/imgborders
My submission video: https://hypr.land/hall_of_fame
The judgement: https://youtu.be/cgjARKQvl6s

Music in the submission is a song from @dirtpoorrobins's absolutely epic Firebird album: https://dirtpoorrobins.bandcamp.com/album/firebird-deluxe-edition

PYSToL:
Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/purge-youtube-suggestions/jhgijamhkfofiagnfjpaidaffdgbaehm
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pystol
P.S. I lost my Mozilla password so I can't provide updates for the Firefox version. If ur reading this Mozilla, pls let me in (◕_◕)

Website: https://zacoons.com

On youtube: https://youtu.be/DxEKF0cuEzc

God bless you.

Timestamps:
00:00 - explaining wayland (can skip)
01:11 - ricing comp!!!
01:40 - getting started
03:04 - epic idea!!!
04:31 - miscellaneous
05:37 - imgborders
06:55 - other stuff
08:19 - the deadline
09:00 - rest
09:17 - judgement
12:49 - end
13:04 - pystol

Minecraft, but it runs in the terminal

Sun, 04 May 2025 12:26:30 GMT

I wrote some code to render some stuff that looks roughly a bit like Minecraft directly in the terminal. Why? Because it's cool B)

I used Zig. Zig is ok. It's a bit weird and annoying sometimes. I also used Vulkan. Vulkan is also ok. It's very verbose.

Big thanks to https://vulkan-tutorial.com without which this video wouldn't have been possible. Also thanks to:
- Snektron and contributors for the excellent Zig-Vulkan bindings (https://github.com/Snektron/vulkan-zig)
- mlarouche and co. for the image IO library (https://github.com/zigimg/zigimg)
- kooparse and co. for the linear algebra library (https://github.com/kooparse/zalgebra)
- mgord9518 for perlin-zig (https://github.com/mgord9518/perlin-zig/blob/main/lib/perlin.zig)

Anyways here's the code: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/minecraftty

Website: https://zacoons.com

On youtube: https://youtu.be/6zfXM-6yPJQ

touching grass so hard that discord breaks

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:01:11 GMT

I made an autoclicker browser extension in the hope of breaking Discord's April Fools game (Into the Meadows). Alas, it was too great a task.

Source code: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/grasstoucher
Chrome web store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bigtime-grass-toucher/adinapljddojmfpgpakijfddgdffcdga
Firefox: Awaiting technical difficulties

PYSToL source code: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/pystol
PYSToL Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/purge-youtube-suggestions/jhgijamhkfofiagnfjpaidaffdgbaehm
PYSToL Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pystol

Website: https://zacoons.com

On youtube: https://youtu.be/fTICzkkCXr0

NeoVim 0.11.0 just dropped

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 05:22:07 GMT

A summary of the major new NeoVim update including built-in autocompletion, variable renaming, and bunch of other improvements to language server protocol (LSP) support.

Release notes: https://neovim.io/doc/user/news-0.11.html
Summary: https://gpanders.com/blog/whats-new-in-neovim-0-11
New LSP keybinds: https://neovim.io/doc/user/lsp.html#lsp-defaults
My nvim dotfiles: https://codeberg.org/zacoons/dots/src/branch/master/home/.config/nvim

Website: https://zacoons.com

On youtube: https://youtu.be/lQ3X-z_Pc-g

How to get Matrix (and protect your messages from big bother)

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:31:57 GMT

A no-nonsense tutorial on getting Matrix - a secure decentralized platform for communications.

Website: https://zacoons.com/

On youtube: https://youtu.be/4CQoV7JTfHc

My Experience Installing OpenBSD

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:12:14 GMT

I heard good things about OpenBSD so I installed it.

It is not terrible.

OpenSMTPD email server guide: https://github.com/AleDenshi/comfy.guide/pull/35

Website: https://zacoons.com/

On youtube: https://youtu.be/BNSpHPxMelw

Making WebGPU Bindings for Scratch Because Why Not

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:51:53 GMT

A mildly bad video about how I made WebGPU bindings for Scratch/TurbWarp because

The extension hasn't been published yet but I'll put a link here when (if) it is.
Here's a link to the PR tho: https://github.com/TurboWarp/extensions/pull/1424

Website: https://zacoons.com

On youtube: https://youtu.be/iwJ3_BGbKdY

0:00 - intro
0:26 - the challenges I faced
1:19 - results
1:50 - a great secret
1:58 - bye

Install Arch Linux on a Raspbery Pi - An 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒚 Tutorial

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:04:58 GMT

A tutorial on how to install Arch Linux ARM on a Raspberry Pi, including some super secret magic steps for the Raspberry Pi 4. Also includes in-depth details for Windows users. In fact, it's mostly targeted to Windows users because you Linux guys have it easy.

If you have any problems please feel free to contact me directly or join the Matrix room. You can find links to these on my website.

Website: https://zacoons.com
VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/download
Arch Linux ARM: https://archlinuxarm.org/about/downloads

On youtube: https://youtu.be/HWWGy3tUdBQ

0:00 - setup vm, skip if you have a linux pc
2:09 - format the raspberry pi's sd card
3:10 - mount the vm virtual storage
4:40 - mount the sd card partitions
4:05 - download arch linux arm
4:31 - unpack arch linux arm onto the sd card
4:58 - for raspberry pi 4 only, fixes boot issues
5:25 - ur done boi
5:38 - login

Gets a Raspberry Pi

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:57:10 GMT

It was torturous. But it was worth it.
Now I have complete control over the device which is hosting my website and my Matrix server.
Very cool.

Matrix Room: https://matrix.to/#/#place:zacoons.com
Website: https://zacoons.com/

On youtube: https://youtu.be/Oc2fC0F279Q

youtube suggestions are too good

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 07:49:53 GMT

This is a trailer for PYSToL, the most epic lightweight browser extension to remove the temptation of intriguing youtube suggestions.

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pystol
Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/purge-youtube-suggestions/jhgijamhkfofiagnfjpaidaffdgbaehm

Website: https://zacoons.com

On youtube: https://youtu.be/DiTA_Wix90E

Kicking the Bucket

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 03:14:54 GMT

A goofy little animation project I became intent on completing for no apparent reason.

Website: https://zacoons.com/

Music
~ Music and Co. Instrumentals by @DenshiVideo:f (https://sabaudia.xyz/galaxy/)

On YouTube: https://youtu.be/S2pqEc9iOUk

Remaking My Old Website

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:18:25 GMT

Remaking my old website to make it look good. Well at least I think it looks better. Inspired by ye olde web and ancient PCs such as those from the late 1900s. Also these two epic website helped inspire:
~ https://webb.spiderden.org/
~ https://denshi.org/

God bless.

Website: https://zacoons.com/
Old website: https://old.zacoons.com/

Music
~ Classindra Instrumentals by @DenshiVideo:f (https://sabaudia.xyz/galaxy/)

On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc7fRmLQsSM