2025-07-03
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.
2025-05-30
The PGP Problem
www.latacora.com/blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problemWhy do people keep telling me to use PGP? The answer is that they shouldn’t be telling you that, because PGP is bad and needs to go away.
2025-05-28
SAT Live!
localhost:40002025-05-23
Async from scratch 1: What's in a Future, anyway? | natkr's ramblings
natkr.com/2025-04-10-async-from-scratch-1There are a lot of guides about how to use async Rust from a "user's
perspective", but I think it's also worth understanding how it
works, what those async blocks actually mean.
2025-01-17
Earthstar
earthstar-project.orgStorage for private, distributed, offline-first applications. Earthstar is a specification and JavaScript library for building connected applications owned and run by their users.
2025-01-07
Write your own tiny programming system(s)!
d3s.mff.cuni.cz/teaching/nprg0772024-09-16
Wayland: i3 to Sway migration
anarc.at/software/desktop/wayland2024-08-15
Writing a C Compiler
nostarch.com/writing-c-compilerA fun, hands-on guide to writing your own compiler for a real-world programming language.
Planning Weekly Workouts in 100 lines of Haskell
alt-romes.github.io/posts/2024-08-14-planning-a-workout-week-with-100-lines-of-haskell.htmlA lightning post on logic programming in Haskell to construct a workout weekly schedule given the set of exercises, days and constraints.
2024-07-05
JavaScript-Free Sidenotes in Hugo
danilafe.com/blog/sidenotes2024-06-26
A reckless introduction to Hindley-Milner type inference
reasonableapproximation.net/2019/05/05/hindley-milner.html2024-06-20
Go's 'range over function' iterators and avoiding iteration errors
utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoIteratorsAndAvoidingMistakesWhy does SQLite (in production) have such a bad rep?
avi.im/blag/2024/sqlite-bad-rep2024-06-18
Understanding SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: A Simple Guide
github.com/nicanorflavier/spf-dkim-dmarc-simplified2024-06-17
Sqlc: 2024 check in — brandur.org
brandur.org/fragments/sqlc-2024OpenBSD, the computer appliance maker's secret weapon
hiandrewquinn.github.io/til-site/posts/openbsd-the-computer-appliance-maker-s-secret-weaponBetween our ESP32 prokaryotic organisms and our 24/7 Internet-enabled megafauna servers, there exists a vast and loosely-defined ecosystem of things the B2B world likes to call computer appliances. Picture a bespoke Pi 4 packaged up neatly with some Python scripts, a little fancy plastic embossing, and maybe a well-guarded id_ed25519.pub in case you end up in hot water during the (long - very long, stable cash flow for generations long) maintenance contract, and you’re in the ballpark.
2024-06-14
Nix as a WebAssembly build tool
determinate.systems/posts/nix-wasm2024-06-13
The magic of dependency resolution
ochagavia.nl/blog/the-magic-of-dependency-resolutionOpenBSD extreme privacy setup
dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-06-08-openbsd-privacy-setup.htmlIn this article, you will learn how to install and configure OpenBSD to reduce its network activity over clearnet