https://www.jkn.me/blog/ Notes from building small, sharp tools - extensions, apps, and experiments. en Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jkn.me/blog/macaros-aros-on-apple-silicon/ https://www.jkn.me/blog/macaros-aros-on-apple-silicon/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Engineering Macaros AROS Apple Silicon Amiga Systems Macaros runs AROS as a native Apple Silicon Mac app, with host integration, legacy 68k support, exFAT, Zed, Ferail and an automated test harness. https://www.jkn.me/blog/the-plan-was-a-faster-file-manager/ https://www.jkn.me/blog/the-plan-was-a-faster-file-manager/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Engineering Ferail Rust GPUI Linux AROS Design How a slow tree view in Windows Explorer turned into Ferail: a Rust file manager built around speed, low cognitive cost and honest filenames - with the pun hiding in the name from day one. https://www.jkn.me/blog/bringing-exfat-to-aros/ https://www.jkn.me/blog/bringing-exfat-to-aros/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Engineering AROS exFAT Filesystems Amiga Portability What it took to build portable, writable exFAT support for AROS, from clean-room specification to a disk that moves safely between operating systems.