We couldn't deal with Earth-sized software, let alone galaxy-sized
June 15, 2022
Welcome to my blog! I write about a variety of things, to share what I find interesting, and to help me figure out things I find complex. You can also find me on Twitter and GitHub.
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We can't be afraid of social games
Pick-up artists and grifter gurus are just doing what no one else will: actually try to teach
May 9, 2022
Why write Bash when we could compile to it?
Ideas for a language targeting shell scripts
May 1, 2022
Do we believe in rules?
Some thoughts on moral consistency
April 19, 2022
An overview of polymorphism: generics, overloading, subtyping, variance
March 20, 2022
Escaping false realities
Dreams, butterflies, and finding true worlds
March 5, 2022
Is self-esteem a useful concept?
February 14, 2022
Interpreted vs compiled is a false distinction
February 6, 2022
What Numberphile and Vsauce got wrong about infinity
The strange nature of the real numbers
January 11, 2022
Ignoring the implication
How failing to back-track leads to nonsense disagreements
January 4, 2022
How do we really know what's true?
An overview of how knowledge is created, and its limits
October 22, 2021
The balancing act of effective change
May 30, 2021
A conceptual foundation for programming languages and self-compilation
January 31, 2021
Hunter x Hunter: Who is on the Black Whale?
November 7, 2020
Running code at an average rate with a 'stretchy sleep'
October 16, 2020
Tips for using Git effectively
October 3, 2020
Writing things down - offload work from your brain
September 19, 2020
Making a Mac Application Bundle manually
August 17, 2020
Fixed-point and number representations
July 12, 2020
What's the sign of C's remainder operator "%"?
July 12, 2020
Managing software installs on Linux
June 23, 2020
Bootstrapping and self-hosting
June 19, 2020
C for scripters: the essential differences
July 21, 2019
Sets, structure and maps: unifying with model theory
April 15, 2019
Monte Carlo integration and importance sampling
April 2, 2019
Raymarching signed distance fields for creative coding
March 10, 2019
Heuristic text generation with predictors/Markov chains
February 23, 2019