2025-04-04
Pitfalls of Safe Rus
corrode.dev/blog/pitfalls-of-safe-rustWhen people say Rust is a “safe language”, they often mean memory safety.
And while memory safety is a great start, it’s far from all it takes to build robust applications.
Memory safety is important but not sufficient for overall r…
2024-12-20
Visitor Pattern Considered Pointless - Use Pattern Switches Instead
nipafx.dev/java-visitor-pattern-pointlessIn modern Java, the visitor pattern is no longer needed. Using sealed types and switches with pattern matching achieves the same goals with less code and less complexity.
2024-12-17
GBA From Scratch With Ferris
lokathor.github.io/gba-from-scratch2024-10-10
'Do' More With 'Run'
maxgreenwald.me/blog/do-more-with-runI recently wrote about Async Pool, one of my favorite JavaScript / TypeScript helpers, and today I want to share an even simpler yet extremely useful utility
2024-09-30
On Leaving Apple
typesanitizer.com/blog/leaving-apple.html2024-09-18
Typescript is surprisingly ok for compilers
matklad.github.io/2023/08/17/typescript-is-surprisingly-ok-for-compilers.html2024-08-15
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.
2024-07-15
"GitHub" Is Starting to Feel Like Legacy Software
mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2024/07/12/github-is-starting-to-feel-like-legacy-softwareI’ve used a lot of tools over the years, which means I’ve seen a lot of tools hit a plateau. That’s not always a problem; sometimes …
2024-06-26
A reckless introduction to Hindley-Milner type inference
reasonableapproximation.net/2019/05/05/hindley-milner.html2024-06-21
On testing Go code using the standard library | Henrique Vicente
henvic.dev/posts/testing-goMost programming language ecosystems provide assert functions in their testing libraries but not Go's. Go's standard testing package follows a more direct and to-the-point approach.
2024-06-20
Go's 'range over function' iterators and avoiding iteration errors
utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoIteratorsAndAvoidingMistakes2024-06-19
Aurora - Python Static Site Generator
aurora.jamesg.blogAurora: An extensible, Python-based static site generator.
2024-06-18
Understanding a Python closure oddity
utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/UnderstandingClosureOddity2024-06-17
Sqlc: 2024 check in — brandur.org
brandur.org/fragments/sqlc-20242024-06-13
Macaroons Escalated Quickly
fly.io/blog/macaroons-escalated-quicklyMy personal C coding style as of late 2023
nullprogram.com/blog/2023/10/082024-06-12
My experience crafting an interpreter with Rust
ceronman.com/2021/07/22/my-experience-crafting-an-interpreter-with-rustLast year I finally decided to learn some Rust. The official book by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols is excellent, but even after reading it and working on some small code exercises, I felt that I …
2024-06-11
Optimizing Font Files for the Modern Web
documentation.platformos.com/best-practices/performance/optimizing-font-filesSelf-serve dashboards
briefer.cloud/blog/posts/self-serve-bi-mythSales pitches are the only place where “self-serve dashboards" work. In the real world, it's a different story.
Why "business" people don't use metabase/power-bi.
2024-06-10
On Dependency Usage in Rust
landaire.net/on-dependency-usage-in-rustRust and Node aren't bad for encouraging dependency use -- your favorite language's tools just suck.