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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
Atom
- 2023-12-15 This blog now has an Atom feed, and yours should probably too
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?
Bpftrace
- 2025-03-12 Tip of the day #6: Use Bpftrace to estimate how much memory an in-memory cache will use
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
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
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
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
Docker
- 2023-12-19 Body of work
- 2025-02-14 Addressing CGO pains, one at a time
Feed
- 2023-12-15 This blog now has an Atom feed, and yours should probably too
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
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
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
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
UUID
- 2023-12-15 This blog now has an Atom feed, and yours should probably too
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

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