Philippe Gaultier

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• ARM
  • 2024-09-10 Odin and musl: Cross-compiling Odin programs for the Raspberry Pi Zero
• Advent of Code
  • 2019-09-05 Getting started with Scheme by solving an Advent of Code 2018 challenge
  • 2023-10-05 Optimizing an Advent of Code solution in assembly
  • 2023-12-01 Solving a problem with Gnuplot, the programming language (not the plotting software!)
• Algorithm
  • 2023-06-03 Cycle detection in graphs does not have to be hard: A lesser known, simple way with Kahn's algorithm
  • 2023-10-05 Optimizing an Advent of Code solution in assembly
• Allocator
  • 2023-11-23 Roll your own memory profiling: it's actually not hard
  • 2024-10-29 Tip of the day #2: A safer arena allocator
• Alpine
  • 2020-09-07 How to compile LLVM, Clang, LLD, and Ziglang from source on Alpine Linux
• Awk
  • 2024-10-29 Tip of the day #1: Count lines of Rust code, ignoring tests
  • 2024-10-31 Tip of the day #3: Convert a CSV to a markdown or HTML table
  • 2025-06-09 What should your mutexes be named?
• Blog
  • 2023-12-15 This blog now has an Atom feed, and yours should probably too
  • 2024-02-23 Quick and easy PNG image size reduction
  • 2025-02-19 Making my static blog generator 11 33 times faster
  • 2026-03-09 How to make your own static site generator
• Bpftrace
  • 2025-03-12 Tip of the day #6: Use Bpftrace to estimate how much memory an in-memory cache will use
• Bug
  • 2025-06-10 A subtle data race in Go
  • 2025-08-09 A subtle bug with Go's errgroup
  • 2025-10-01 How to reproduce and fix an I/O data race with Go and DTrace
  • 2025-12-27 The production bug that made me care about undefined behavior
• C
  • 2019-09-05 Getting started with Scheme by solving an Advent of Code 2018 challenge
  • 2023-10-05 Optimizing an Advent of Code solution in assembly
  • 2023-10-12 Learn Wayland by writing a GUI from scratch
  • 2023-11-23 Roll your own memory profiling: it's actually not hard
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
  • 2024-02-29 You've just inherited a legacy C++ codebase, now what?
  • 2024-05-03 How to rewrite a C++ codebase successfully
  • 2024-06-20 Let's write a video game from scratch like it's 1987
  • 2024-10-29 Tip of the day #2: A safer arena allocator
  • 2024-11-06 Perhaps Rust needs "defer"
  • 2024-11-10 Way too many ways to wait on a child process with a timeout
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
  • 2025-02-14 Addressing CGO pains, one at a time
  • 2025-02-18 Making my debug build run 100x faster so that it is finally usable
  • 2025-03-12 Tip of the day #6: Use Bpftrace to estimate how much memory an in-memory cache will use
  • 2026-03-11 Detect data races with DTrace in any language
• C#
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
• C++
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
  • 2024-02-29 You've just inherited a legacy C++ codebase, now what?
  • 2024-05-03 How to rewrite a C++ codebase successfully
  • 2024-09-19 A small trick for simple Rust/C++ interop
  • 2024-10-30 Lessons learned from a successful Rust rewrite
  • 2025-12-27 The production bug that made me care about undefined behavior
• CI
  • 2020-09-21 Adventures in CI land, or how to speed up your CI
  • 2024-02-29 You've just inherited a legacy C++ codebase, now what?
• Cobol
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
• Concurrency
  • 2025-06-10 A subtle data race in Go
  • 2025-11-21 A million ways to die from a data race in Go
  • 2026-03-11 Detect data races with DTrace in any language
• Cross-compilation
  • 2024-09-10 Odin and musl: Cross-compiling Odin programs for the Raspberry Pi Zero
  • 2025-02-14 Addressing CGO pains, one at a time
• Csv
  • 2024-10-31 Tip of the day #3: Convert a CSV to a markdown or HTML table
• DTrace
  • 2025-07-01 An optimization and debugging story with Go and DTrace
  • 2025-09-11 Observe live SQL queries in Go with DTrace
  • 2025-09-16 Are my SQL files read at build time or run time?
  • 2025-09-25 See all network traffic in a Go program, even when encrypted and compressed
  • 2025-10-01 How to reproduce and fix an I/O data race with Go and DTrace
  • 2025-12-03 What HTTP routes does your application provide?
  • 2025-12-21 Detecting goroutine leaks with DTrace
  • 2026-03-11 Detect data races with DTrace in any language
• Docker
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
  • 2025-02-14 Addressing CGO pains, one at a time
• Fossil
  • 2025-02-19 Making my static blog generator 11 33 times faster
• FreeBSD
  • 2024-11-10 Way too many ways to wait on a child process with a timeout
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• GUI
  • 2023-05-31 Learn x86-64 assembly by writing a GUI from scratch
  • 2023-10-12 Learn Wayland by writing a GUI from scratch
• Git
  • 2024-02-29 You've just inherited a legacy C++ codebase, now what?
  • 2024-03-07 A small trick to improve technical discussions by sharing code
  • 2025-02-19 Making my static blog generator 11 33 times faster
• Gnuplot
  • 2023-12-01 Solving a problem with Gnuplot, the programming language (not the plotting software!)
• Go
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
  • 2025-02-14 Addressing CGO pains, one at a time
  • 2025-02-18 Tip of the day #5: Install Go tools with a specific version
  • 2025-03-12 Tip of the day #6: Use Bpftrace to estimate how much memory an in-memory cache will use
  • 2025-03-18 Build PIE executables in Go: I got nerd-sniped
  • 2025-06-09 What should your mutexes be named?
  • 2025-06-10 A subtle data race in Go
  • 2025-07-01 An optimization and debugging story with Go and DTrace
  • 2025-08-09 A subtle bug with Go's errgroup
  • 2025-08-22 An amusing blind spot in Go's static analysis
  • 2025-09-11 Observe live SQL queries in Go with DTrace
  • 2025-09-16 Are my SQL files read at build time or run time?
  • 2025-09-25 See all network traffic in a Go program, even when encrypted and compressed
  • 2025-10-01 How to reproduce and fix an I/O data race with Go and DTrace
  • 2025-11-21 A million ways to die from a data race in Go
  • 2025-12-03 What HTTP routes does your application provide?
  • 2025-12-21 Detecting goroutine leaks with DTrace
  • 2026-03-04 A silly shell pitfall
  • 2026-03-11 Detect data races with DTrace in any language
• Graph
  • 2023-06-03 Cycle detection in graphs does not have to be hard: A lesser known, simple way with Kahn's algorithm
• Illumos
  • 2024-11-10 Way too many ways to wait on a child process with a timeout
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• JavaScript
  • 2023-06-03 Cycle detection in graphs does not have to be hard: A lesser known, simple way with Kahn's algorithm
• Kubernetes
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
• LLVM
  • 2020-09-07 How to compile LLVM, Clang, LLD, and Ziglang from source on Alpine Linux
• Legacy
  • 2024-02-29 You've just inherited a legacy C++ codebase, now what?
• Linux
  • 2023-11-23 Roll your own memory profiling: it's actually not hard
  • 2024-11-10 Way too many ways to wait on a child process with a timeout
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
  • 2025-03-18 Build PIE executables in Go: I got nerd-sniped
• Lisp
  • 2019-09-05 Getting started with Scheme by solving an Advent of Code 2018 challenge
  • 2023-10-05 Optimizing an Advent of Code solution in assembly
• Lua
  • 2024-03-07 A small trick to improve technical discussions by sharing code
• MacOS
  • 2024-11-10 Way too many ways to wait on a child process with a timeout
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• Markdown
  • 2024-10-31 Tip of the day #3: Convert a CSV to a markdown or HTML table
• Musl
  • 2024-09-10 Odin and musl: Cross-compiling Odin programs for the Raspberry Pi Zero
  • 2025-02-14 Addressing CGO pains, one at a time
  • 2025-03-18 Build PIE executables in Go: I got nerd-sniped
• Neovim
  • 2024-03-07 A small trick to improve technical discussions by sharing code
• NetBSD
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• Oculus Rift
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
• Odin
  • 2024-06-20 Let's write a video game from scratch like it's 1987
  • 2024-09-10 Odin and musl: Cross-compiling Odin programs for the Raspberry Pi Zero
  • 2025-02-19 Making my static blog generator 11 33 times faster
• OpenBSD
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• OpenGL
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
• Optimization
  • 2020-09-21 Adventures in CI land, or how to speed up your CI
  • 2023-05-31 Learn x86-64 assembly by writing a GUI from scratch
  • 2023-10-05 Optimizing an Advent of Code solution in assembly
  • 2024-02-23 Quick and easy PNG image size reduction
  • 2024-06-20 Let's write a video game from scratch like it's 1987
  • 2025-02-18 Making my debug build run 100x faster so that it is finally usable
  • 2025-02-19 Making my static blog generator 11 33 times faster
  • 2025-07-01 An optimization and debugging story with Go and DTrace
• PIE
  • 2025-03-18 Build PIE executables in Go: I got nerd-sniped
• PNG
  • 2024-02-23 Quick and easy PNG image size reduction
• Pprof
  • 2023-11-23 Roll your own memory profiling: it's actually not hard
• Profiling
  • 2023-11-23 Roll your own memory profiling: it's actually not hard
• Rewrite
  • 2024-02-29 You've just inherited a legacy C++ codebase, now what?
  • 2024-05-03 How to rewrite a C++ codebase successfully
  • 2024-10-30 Lessons learned from a successful Rust rewrite
• Rust
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
  • 2024-05-03 How to rewrite a C++ codebase successfully
  • 2024-09-19 A small trick for simple Rust/C++ interop
  • 2024-10-29 Tip of the day #1: Count lines of Rust code, ignoring tests
  • 2024-10-30 Lessons learned from a successful Rust rewrite
  • 2024-11-06 Perhaps Rust needs "defer"
  • 2025-02-11 Tip of the day #4: Type annotations on Rust match patterns
  • 2025-02-14 Addressing CGO pains, one at a time
  • 2026-03-04 A silly shell pitfall
  • 2026-03-06 In Rust, let _ = ... and let _unused = ... are not the same
• SHA1
  • 2025-02-18 Making my debug build run 100x faster so that it is finally usable
• SIMD
  • 2025-02-18 Making my debug build run 100x faster so that it is finally usable
• SQL
  • 2023-06-03 Cycle detection in graphs does not have to be hard: A lesser known, simple way with Kahn's algorithm
• Safety
  • 2024-05-03 How to rewrite a C++ codebase successfully
  • 2024-10-29 Tip of the day #2: A safer arena allocator
• Scheme
  • 2019-09-05 Getting started with Scheme by solving an Advent of Code 2018 challenge
  • 2023-10-05 Optimizing an Advent of Code solution in assembly
• Search
  • 2025-06-09 What should your mutexes be named?
• Security
  • 2025-03-18 Build PIE executables in Go: I got nerd-sniped
• Shell
  • 2026-03-04 A silly shell pitfall
• Signals
  • 2024-11-10 Way too many ways to wait on a child process with a timeout
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• Timers
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• Tip of the day
  • 2024-10-29 Tip of the day #1: Count lines of Rust code, ignoring tests
  • 2024-10-29 Tip of the day #2: A safer arena allocator
  • 2024-10-31 Tip of the day #3: Convert a CSV to a markdown or HTML table
  • 2025-02-11 Tip of the day #4: Type annotations on Rust match patterns
  • 2025-02-18 Tip of the day #5: Install Go tools with a specific version
  • 2025-03-12 Tip of the day #6: Use Bpftrace to estimate how much memory an in-memory cache will use
• Torrent
  • 2025-02-18 Making my debug build run 100x faster so that it is finally usable
• Typescript
  • 2023-12-19 Body of work
• Undefined behavior
  • 2025-12-27 The production bug that made me care about undefined behavior
• Unix
  • 2024-11-10 Way too many ways to wait on a child process with a timeout
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• Video game
  • 2024-06-20 Let's write a video game from scratch like it's 1987
• Wayland
  • 2023-10-12 Learn Wayland by writing a GUI from scratch
• Windows
  • 2025-02-02 The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• X11
  • 2023-05-31 Learn x86-64 assembly by writing a GUI from scratch
  • 2023-10-12 Learn Wayland by writing a GUI from scratch
  • 2024-06-20 Let's write a video game from scratch like it's 1987
• Zig
  • 2020-09-07 How to compile LLVM, Clang, LLD, and Ziglang from source on Alpine Linux
  • 2025-02-14 Addressing CGO pains, one at a time
• x86_64
  • 2023-05-31 Learn x86-64 assembly by writing a GUI from scratch
  • 2023-10-05 Optimizing an Advent of Code solution in assembly
  • 2025-02-18 Making my debug build run 100x faster so that it is finally usable