This is the collection of articles related to programming or computers in some way.
There are a lot of these because my profession is software engineer. Let’s not go into whether that’s an appropriate word to use for what I do. I think both sides have valid arguments, but I lean towards the title as aspirational. I want my work to stand up to engineering rigor, whether the rest of my industry does or not.
15 items with this tag.
Some thoughts on how SQLite could lead to a better service design from the start.
6 min read — Published on 11 April 2024
Where I discuss the absurd things I did with my keyboard's LCD and how it was more complicated than I expected.
14 min read — Published on 24 February 2024
About the positive combination of expert knowledge and LLMs for getting work done.
8 min read — Published on 5 January 2024
Thoughts on what I’ve learned about Large Language Models.
16 min read — Published on 3 November 2023
Where I talk about my experience switching my site to use Quartz for static site generation from an Obsidian vault.
13 min read — Published on 28 August 2023
In which I talk about some of the basics of abstract algebra and group theory and how it applies to Statsd and Datadog.
10 min read — Published on 19 July 2023
Where I expand a bit on my thoughts about an idea I read on the NixOS Discourse forums.
7 min read — Published on 17 May 2023
About my recent experience botching a coding interview, and my thoughts on the practice of coding tests.
10 min read — Published on 1 April 2023
An exploration in using a ServiceWorker written in Rust compiled to WASM, and the problems I ran into.
5 min read — Published on 22 November 2022
Where I attempt to explain an idea I've been thinking about around different ways of editing code.
13 min read
An attempt to put into words some thoughts I've had around code as a way to communicate knowledge, both to my future self and others.
8 min read
A philosophy about documentation writing. I think it's a useful framework.
3 min read
Where I describe my path to becoming the programmer I am today.
16 min read
A list of tools I use frequently, and some my thoughts on them.
9 min read
A book page about the Little Schemer series of programming books.
3 min read