Kuba's Last Merged Commits: the story of arthel159 - Revision history

JMyles at 01:35, 12 November 2026

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	{{Listen in Rabbithole\|QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd\|label=Hear Kuba on Reuben's Train}}		{{Listen in Rabbithole\|QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd\|label=Hear Kuba on Reuben's Train with Rabbithole, the player for which he wrote the genesis commits}}
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	{{Listen in Rabbithole\|QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd\|label=Hear Kuba on Reuben's Train}}		{{Listen in Rabbithole\|QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd\|label=Hear Kuba on Reuben's Train}}
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Magent: A Listen in Rabbithole button at the top: Kuba's fiddle on Reuben's Train, Funkhaus 2024 (Justin, #rabbithole, 12 Nov 2026) (via update-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)

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A Listen in Rabbithole button at the top: Kuba's fiddle on Reuben's Train, Funkhaus 2024 (Justin, #rabbithole, 12 Nov 2026) (via update-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)

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JMyles at 00:56, 12 November 2026

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	Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.		Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work (though last to _be merged_), nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

	'''Nary a day goes by when we don't hear the fuckin' fiddle in our heads and in our hearts, little brother. And as long as we do, you live.'''		'''Nary a day goes by when we don't hear the fuckin' fiddle in our heads and in our hearts, little brother. And as long as we do, you live.'''

JMyles at 21:29, 11 November 2026

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			''11 Nov 2026''

	Today, we merge the last open commits of [[Kuba Hejhal]], the finest hacker-fiddler of the early bluegrass-as-cypherpunk age. Kuba left this world two years ago at 27 years of age, and left us with his code and his music, but most of all, with stories that feel timeless and larger-than-life.		Today, we merge the last open commits of [[Kuba Hejhal]], the finest hacker-fiddler of the early bluegrass-as-cypherpunk age. Kuba left this world two years ago at 27 years of age, and left us with his code and his music, but most of all, with stories that feel timeless and larger-than-life.

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	Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.		Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

			'''Nary a day goes by when we don't hear the fuckin' fiddle in our heads and in our hearts, little brother. And as long as we do, you live.'''


	<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">		<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
	File:Arthel159 player code.png\|Kuba's `lastSong` and `nextSong` logic		File:Arthel159 player code.png\|Kuba's `lastSong` and `nextSong` logic
			File:Arthel159 Kuba's player, 6 July 2024.png\|A rendering of the player as built by Kuba (hacking at his typical incredible pace, he used the Vowel Sounds cover art as a placeholder, although Silver .44 is on 4masks, not Vowel Sounds.)
	File:IMG 6401 2.JPG\|Kuba's last show, Berlin, August 20 2024. Photo by [[User:RJPARTINGTONIII\|R.J. Partington III]]		File:IMG 6401 2.JPG\|Kuba's last show, Berlin, August 20 2024. Photo by [[User:RJPARTINGTONIII\|R.J. Partington III]]
	File:Kuba Hejhal at the helm.png\|The man himself, at the helm		File:Kuba Hejhal at the helm.png\|The man himself, at the helm
	File:Arthel159 Kuba's player, 6 July 2024.png\|A rendering of the player as built by Kuba (hacking at his typical incredible pace, he used the Vowel Sounds cover art as a placeholder, although Silver .44 is on 4masks, not Vowel Sounds.
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JMyles at 21:26, 11 November 2026

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	Kuba, as was almost always his way, got directly to work, whipping out his laptop and pecking out the first few lines of what has become - and as we introduce today- '''[[Rabbithole\|The Rabbithole Player]]'''.		Kuba, as was almost always his way, got directly to work, whipping out his laptop and pecking out the first few lines of what has become - and as we introduce today- '''[[Rabbithole\|The Rabbithole Player]]'''.

	[[File:Arthel159 merge graph.png\|thumb\|left\|Kuba's last open commits, ending with a180946, merged, 11 November 2026, around block ⛓ 26,393,500, into the 'arthel' codebase, named after Arthel "Doc" Watson]]		[[File:Arthel159 merge graph.png\|thumb\|left\|Kuba's last open commits, ending with a180946, merged, 11 November 2026, around block ⛓ 26,393,500, into the 'arthel' codebase, named after Arthel "Doc" Watson, as #159.]]

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	Kuba's last remaining open branch ''a180946'', was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.		Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

JMyles at 21:25, 11 November 2026

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	Kuba's last remaining open branch ~~Kuba~~, was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.		Kuba's last remaining open branch ''a180946'', was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

JMyles at 21:25, 11 November 2026

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	~~Today we introduce the~~ last open branch ~~authored by~~ Kuba, ~~''a180946''. This~~ was not his last work, nor his best work, but ~~it is the last of his contributions to our codebases that, until today, remained open. In~~ the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.		Kuba's last remaining open branch Kuba, was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

JMyles at 21:24, 11 November 2026

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	Today we introduce the last open branch authored by Kuba, ''a180946''. This was not his last work, nor his best work, but it is the last of his contributions to our codebases that, until today, remained open~~, and in~~ the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.		Today we introduce the last open branch authored by Kuba, ''a180946''. This was not his last work, nor his best work, but it is the last of his contributions to our codebases that, until today, remained open. In the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

JMyles at 21:22, 11 November 2026

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	Kuba was the life of the party everywhere he went; few dared keep up with him in his unending quest to find the main nerve. The luckiest among us, though, came to bear witness and marvel at his ability to forge ahead with coherent logical expression into the depths of any state of mind his reality visited upon him.		Kuba was the life of the party everywhere he went; few dared keep up with him in his unending quest to find the main nerve. The luckiest among us, though, came to bear witness and marvel at his ability to forge ahead with coherent logical expression into the depths of any state of mind his reality visited upon him.

	In July 2024, on the heels of the [[4masks]] sessions, in a short-term apartment in Brussels, ~~on the same day that~~ [[Kuba Hejhal]] and [[Skyler Golden]] ~~met for the first time~~, amidst the unfolding of a conspiracy to roll a spliff of some newly delivered Belgian cannabis, [[Justin Myles Holmes]] mused to the both ~~of them about an idea~~:		In July 2024, on the heels of the [[4masks]] sessions, in a short-term apartment in Brussels, to [[Kuba Hejhal]] and [[Skyler Golden]], amidst the unfolding of a conspiracy to roll a spliff of some newly delivered Belgian cannabis, [[Justin Myles Holmes]] mused to the both:

	* What if we showed the entire ensemble of every bluegrass track, right in the player?		* What if we showed the entire ensemble of every bluegrass track, right in the player?