An alias-based formulation of the borrow checker (2018)
Ever since the Rust All Hands, I’ve been experimenting with an alternative formulation of the Rust borrow checker. The goal is to find a formulation that overcomes some shortcomings of the current proposal while hopefully also being faster to compute. I have implemented a prototype for this analysis. It passes the full NLL test suite […]
Another Corner of the Internet Has Been Ruined
This website is being retired. Apparently, paying ever-increasing hosting fees to maintain a fragile pile of code, fight constant technical problems, and cover every usable inch of the page with invasive advertising is no longer considered a particularly rewarding hobby. AI can now do most of what this site was created to do—faster, cheaper, and […]
Möbius-Strip Crosswords
Randall Rothenberg in the New York Times (1988-08-10) writes that although “Puzzle Makers Exchange Cross Words” about the fall of ERNE and ESNE and the rise of XEROX and PEACE PLAN, one Robert Guilbert Sr. was ignorant of the dispute two years ago when he developed a competitive crossword game called Pago Pago and first […]
Iceberg Collapses and Flips over in Ilulissat, Greenland (July 25, 2026) [video]
Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead
Stowaway — Ride along with the planes and satellites overhead Pick any aircraft or satellite passing over your house right now, and go sit in its window seat. The sky here is the real one outside — your location, your weather, this minute’s light — with the aircraft and satellites that are genuinely overhead. Click […]
The web server deployment model breaks at hobby scale
2026-08 lets say you want to make a web thing that you intend other people to host on their own servers. unfortunately, by thinking this very thought you immediately locked your codebase out of several efficiency tricks other software intended to be hosted privately can make use of, and you have now burdened yourself with […]
What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers
Aaron Horwath is the director of AI operations at a creative technology company where he is focused on implementing AI in a way that supports both humans and business. On a recent morning commute, I sat on a train in one of those awkward four-person configurations with a shared table. Across from me sat a […]
U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal
The U.S. economy shed 23,000 jobs in July, a sign that the labor market had not stabilized after four months of positive growth. The unemployment rate ticked down only slightly to 4.1%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones were expecting the release to show 83,000 added roles, more than June’s 57,000. In yet another troubling sign […]
Immersion lithography saved Moore’s Law (2023)
Immersion lithography continues to drive innovation Currently, the NXT platform accounts for approximately 80% of the more than 1,100 immersion systems shipped to date. Immersion system market demand is at an all-time high and is expected to remain strong beyond 2023. Our most recent NXT immersion scanner, the NXT:2100i, which was released at the end […]
Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language
”Simplicity is not the absence of power. It is power without pretense.” ~ Atiksh Sharma Feel free to use the prentensious quote anywhere lol. Wyzer is a statically typed, compiled, resource-oriented programming language with integrated distributed safety via choreographic programming and a perceus memory model Motive behind Wyzer Rust guarantees safety within a process It […]