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It’s like cp -R but for your GUI
23 Sept 2024 | original ↗

As a JavaScript engine developer at [Igalia](igalia.com) I don’t find myself writing much plain C code anymore. I’m either writing JS or TypeScript, or hacking on large compiler codebases in C++1, or writing ECMAScript specification language. Frankly, that is fine … Continue reading →

December of Rust Project, Part 2: The Assembler Macro
19 May 2023 | original ↗

Welcome back! This is the second post of a series which turned out to be more occasional than I thought it would be. You might remember that I originally called it December of Rust 2021. Look how that worked out! … Continue reading →

Comparing Apples and AppleOranges
3 Mar 2022 | original ↗

Why dates and date-times can't be compared without making some choices. And why that matters. Continue reading →

December of Rust 2021, Part 1: A Little Computer
10 Jan 2022 | original ↗

A Rust version of a virtual machine, inspired by a popular post from last month about a virtual machine in 125 lines of C Continue reading →

Advent of Rust 25: Baby Steps
28 Dec 2020 | original ↗

The final episode of teaching myself Rust with programming puzzles Continue reading →

Advent of Rust 24: A Hexagonal Tribute to Conway
27 Dec 2020 | original ↗

Finally finishing the elusive sea monster puzzle, and Conway's Game of Life on a honeycomb grid Continue reading →

Advent of Rust, Day 22 and 23: Profiling, Algorithms, and Data Structures
24 Dec 2020 | original ↗

In which my knowledge of computer science fundamentals falls short Continue reading →

Advent of Rust, Day 20 and 21: Stumped by Sea Monsters
22 Dec 2020 | original ↗

Cross-correlating sea monsters, stitching photos together, and analyzing ingredient lists. Plus the first puzzle that I decide to finish later Continue reading →

Advent of Rust 18 and 19: Parsers and New Math
20 Dec 2020 | original ↗

In which I write a lot of parsers Continue reading →

Advent of Rust 16 and 17: Really, That’s More Iterators Than I Wanted; and More Adventures With NumRust
18 Dec 2020 | original ↗

Another Conway's Game of Life, another twist Continue reading →

Advent of Rust 14 and 15: Bits And/Or Pieces
15 Dec 2020 | original ↗

Getting acquainted with the bitwise operators in Rust Continue reading →

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