I Wrote a String Type

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#dark-arts #pointers #rust 2023-08-09 I write compilers for fun. I can’t help it. Consequently, I also write a lot of parsers. In systems programming, it’s usually a good idea to try to share memory rather than reuse it, so as … Read more

How I wrote my own Smart Home software

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How I wrote my own Smart Home software … using Lua and the incredibly lightweight Mako Server Written on Sun, 04 Jun 2023 23:26:00 +0000 I’ve wanted to automate my home for a long time… having a background in industrial … Read more

I wrote a GameBoy emulator for my hobby OS

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The Nintendo GameBoy is an exceptionally well-documented system, perfect for anybody who’d like to take a crack at emulation. Publicly-maintained resources like the Pan Docs make it both approachable and convenient to get an overview of the GameBoy’s address space … Read more

Why I wrote a SQL engine in (only) Python

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I’ve worked on Quokka for a year now. Before I started, I was on leave from Stanford working on a startup writing assembly speeding up machine learning primitives like matrix multiplications and decision trees. After a while, I realized though … Read more