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Why is a Rust executable large?
Update (2016-10-07): The official FAQ has an entry for this exact problem now. I'll leave this post as more curiously minded people.
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Two Weeks of Rust
Disclaimer: I'm digging Rust. I lost my hunger for programming from doing too many sad commercial projects. And now it's back. You rock, Rust!
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A fundamental introduction to x86 assembly programming
The x86 instruction set architecture is at the heart of CPU s that power our home computers and remote servers for over two decades. Being able to read and write code in low-level assembly language is a powerful skill to have. It enables you to write faster code, use machine features unavailable in C, and…
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A single byte write opened a root execution exploit
Thursday, September 22nd 2016. An email popped up in my inbox. Subject: ares_create_query OOB write As one of the maintainers of the c-ares project I'm receiving mails for suspected security problems in c-ares and this was such a one. In this case, the email with said subject came from an individual who had reported a…
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A practical introduction to functional programming (2013)
Many functional programming articles teach abstract functional techniques. That is, composition, pipelining, higher order functions. This one is different. I...
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Develop the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris
In computing, “laziness” is a broad term, generally referring to not doing any work unless you need it. Whereas its opposite is “eagerness,” doing as much work as possible in case you need it later.
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Lessons Learned from Shenzhen I/O
Shenzhen I/O is a brilliant game. In case you haven’t heard of it, it’s a game about programming micro-controllers. It distills programming down to the fun parts, removing the inertia, …
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Concorde
Today marks the 13th anniversary since the last passenger flight from New York arrived in the UK. Every seat was filled, a feat that had become increasingly rare for a plane that was a technological marvel but a commercial flop….
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Heisenberg Developers (2014)
TL:DR You can not observe a developer without altering their behavior. First a story. Several years ago I worked on a largish project...
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My Most Important Project Was a Bytecode Interpreter
In online forums, I often see questions from people new to C++ asking for recommended reading. I usually respond with a certain set of trusted books, with the caveat that no amount of reading makes up for practice: you have to actually work on something. But what would be a good project to work on? Something that…
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A beginner's guide to Big O notation (2009)
Thoughts on software engineering from Rob Bell
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“Design Patterns” Aren't (2002)
The "design patterns" movement in software claims to have been inspired by the works of architect Christopher Alexander. But an examination of Alexander's books reveals that he was actually talking about something much more interesting.
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The Zen of Erlang
This is a loose transcript (or long paraphrasing?) of a presentation given at ConnectDev'16, a conference organized by Genetec in which I was invited to speak.
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Some thoughts on asynchronous Python API design in a post-async/await world
I've recently been exploring the exciting new world of asynchronous I/O libraries in Python 3 – specifically asyncio and curio . These two libraries make some different design choices. This is an essay that I wrote to try to explain to myself what those differences are and why I think they matter, and distill some…
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Git-repo – Manage Gitlab, GitHub and Bitbucket from the command line
I got nothing to blog.
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Latest update to my friend's 19 year side project
I've made a lot of progress recently focusing on refining my procedural planets and atmospheres. Added into the mix are multi-core particle...
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