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Untapped Way to Learn a Codebase: Build a Visualizer
Understanding large codebase can be incredibly difficult. In this post I walk through how I learn a codebase use turbopack as my case study.
Jimmy Miller
I'm obsessed with building editors. I am always working on at least 3 new programming languages ideas. I wish I knew how to make things look good.
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Machine Code Isn't Scary
Machine code isn't scary. If you can make sure your JSON conforms to a JSON schema, you can write machine code.