Latest Articles
| Lachrymator | June 11, 2026 |
| Meet others at their word | March 4, 2026 |
| The problem is the screen | February 21, 2026 |
| The great soul crush | February 12, 2026 |
| NHAF: The Definition | January 30, 2026 |
| No, it's not glamorous | January 23, 2026 |
| I just don't think about it | January 19, 2026 |
| In perpetual novelty, choose what's boring | January 13, 2026 |
| NHAF: Politics of Art, Art of Politics, And Such Disgusting Things | January 1, 2026 |
| NHAF: Process of Discernment | December 26, 2025 |
| Parmesan, the quintessential map painter | December 21, 2025 |
| OCD | November 6, 2025 |
| Nazarene Human Arts Fund | October 12, 2025 |
| Charlie Kirk | September 11, 2025 |
| How to hate Linux | March 19, 2025 |
| AI art is bad because it means nothing | February 18, 2025 |
| The difference between "using" and "enjoying" the computer | February 10, 2025 |
| The Synapse Cutting Room Floor | January 1, 2025 |
| No one understands Linux | December 7, 2024 |
| The Final Hours of Synapse X | August 28, 2024 |
Latest Notes
| Colours | February 18, 2026 |
| Scared of the past | February 13, 2026 |
| Remote connection | February 12, 2026 |
| The thin boundary | February 7, 2026 |
| Denomination Hopping | February 5, 2026 |
| Generation of the Brown Paper Bag | January 31, 2026 |
| Shiloh Hill | January 25, 2026 |
| Personas | January 14, 2026 |
| Not having | June 13, 2025 |
| Marble | May 2, 2025 |
| Google Dockey | April 27, 2025 |
| Em dashes | April 24, 2025 |
| Gatekeeping | April 23, 2025 |
| Goodness | April 23, 2025 |
Personal Information
| Name | Louka Ménard Blondin |
| Occupations | Senior Product Manager at Roblox; Chair of Editorial Working Group at Unicode Consortium; CEO of Nazarene Human Arts Fund |
| Locations | Vancouver, Canada; San Francisco, USA; Montréal, Québec |
| Resume | https://louka.sh/resume |
Contact
| hello@louka.sh | |
| loukamb | |
| X/Twitter | @LMenardBlondin |
| I don't have accounts on any new social media. If someone on them says they're me, or they share similar names, they are not me. |
Projects
| Lus | A small, fast, and reliable programming language. |
| Parmesan | The quintessential map painter and alternate history creator. |
| Void Linux packages | xfce4-plugins, xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin |
| Svelte documents | Commandline tool for producing documents, resumes, or presentations in PDF format from a collection of Svelte component files. |
| Scripture study tools | Public domain scripture study tools. Tabbed & multi-window reader, library search engine, persistent workspaces, 7 Bible translations, Latter-day Saints scriptures. |
| Knockster | Extension script for GreaseMonkey that extends the functionality of the Knockout website with much-needed QoL features. |
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