What are regular Unix files?
A primer on regular files and their key characteristics
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Understanding compiler runtime libraries: when hardware needs software's help
Learn how the compiler inserts functions to execute operations that the machine can’t perform with native instructions.
Python performance: 6x speedup by fixing a decimal module linking error
Learn how fixing a Python decimal module linking error led to 6x performance improvement: a detailed guide on debugging C extensions and symbol errors in Python interpreters.
How to diagnose and mitigate linking errors
How to think about programs, how they compile, and how to mitigate hard linking errors.
How to measure DevEx?
Perceptual and systemic measurements help us understand what’s the state of DevEx in an organization
Assembly Fibonacci
Do you really know assembly if you haven’t done recursion?
Voice's impending iPhone moment
Better LLM models and more efficient microprocessor architectures will lead to a new dominant interface: voice.
From strings to bytes
A recent talk I gave in London on how computers interpret data.
Horus: a new observability system for distributed microservices
Horus plugs in a gap in the open source ecosystem with a full-stack observability system that’s easy to integrate
How to effectively work with freelancers
Be specific. Invest in onboarding them. Hold them to a high standard.