2025-07-31
A dive into open chat protocols
wiki.alopex.li/ADiveIntoOpenChat2025-07-03
A Higgs-bugson in the Linux Kernel
blog.janestreet.com/a-higgs-bugson-in-the-linux-kernelWe recently ran across a strange higgs-bugson that manifested itself in a critical system that stores and distributes the firm’s trading activity data, called Gord. (A higgs-bugson is a bug that is reported in practice but difficult to reproduce, named for the Higgs boson, a particle which was theorized in the 1960s but only found in 2013.) In this post I’ll walk you through the process I took to debug it. I tried to write down relevant details as they came up, so see if you can guess what the bug is while reading along.
2025-06-26
The plan-execute pattern
mmapped.blog/posts/29-plan-execute.htmlI feel uneasy about design patterns.
On the one hand, my university class on design patterns revived my interest in programming.
On the other hand, I find most patterns in the Gang of Four book to be irrelevant to my daily work;
they solve problems that a choice of programming language or paradigm creates.My litmus test of a good design pattern is its cross-disciplinary applicability.
I’m more likely to accept an idea that pops up in fields beyond software engineering.
And the most convincing patterns are the ones that help me in everyday life.This article describes a universal pattern that billions of people rely on daily, but software engineers rarely discuss—the plan-execute pattern.
2024-11-20
On "Safe" C++
izzys.casa/2024/11/on-safe-cxx2024-10-04
Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue
www.joshwcomeau.com/react/use-deferred-valueuseDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the performance of our applications in certain contexts. I recently used it to solve a gnarly performance problem on this blog, and in this tutorial, I'll show you how! ⚡
2024-09-10
run freebsd in qemu on linux
sethops1.net/post/run-freebsd-in-qemu-on-linux2024-08-14
A Flexible Minimalist Neovim for 2024
wickstrom.tech/2024-08-12-a-flexible-minimalist-neovim.html2024-08-09
Store Code Discussions in Git using Git Notes
wouterj.nl/2024/08/git-notesCode discussions contain relevant information. Isn’t it a shame that we
keep these in the centralized GitHub/GitLab servers, far away from our
decentralized Git code? As soon as we move provider, we’ll lose all old
discussions! And how do you ever find the pull requests back from 5
years ago? Symfony has implemented a lightweight solution to this problem
years ago using a less-known feature of Git: Git Notes.
2024-06-20
Why does SQLite (in production) have such a bad rep?
avi.im/blag/2024/sqlite-bad-rep2024-06-19
Avoiding complexity with systemd
mgdm.net/weblog/systemdUsing systemd to avoid having to write some risky code
Aurora - Python Static Site Generator
aurora.jamesg.blogAurora: An extensible, Python-based static site generator.
Pimalaya
pimalaya.orgOfficial website of the Pimalaya project.
2024-06-14
A useful shell prompt
blog.meain.io/2022/my-shell-promptFeatureful zsh prompt.
2024-06-13
Category Theory for Programmers: The Preface
bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-programmers-the-prefaceCategory Theory in Context
math.jhu.edu/~eriehl/context.pdfMy personal C coding style as of late 2023
nullprogram.com/blog/2023/10/082024-06-12
I really like the RP2040
dgroshev.com/blog/rp20402024-06-11
Optimizing Font Files for the Modern Web
documentation.platformos.com/best-practices/performance/optimizing-font-filesExploring Gleam, a type-safe language on the BEAM!
christopher.engineering/en/blog/gleam-overviewFrom Erlang, to Elixir and now, GLEAM!?