advice
- You’re a Tech Lead. What now?
- Navigating and optimizing performance reviews
- Self-direction: navigating agency and responsibility
- Tech Career Progression for Beginners Everything you didn't learn at school about evolving in a corporation
- How to get into computer security (2/2) Data & Dev S1:E7 — Transcript
- How to get into computer security (1/2) Data & Dev S1:E6 — Transcript
- CS PhD student in the Netherlands: to be or not to be?
- My “ideal” Bachelor of Informatics
ai commentary
- From $100M Offers to AI Misfires: Notes on Value, Hype, and Human Blind Spots
- Context Rot, Corporate Feudalism, and the Art of Weakening Belief Edges
- The Illusion of Thinking: LLM Cosplay and the Coming AI Class War
- Quintism, Friction Economics, and Building a Calm Companion in the Who Cares Era
- Hyperlegibility, Democracy Under Siege, and the Weight of Unseen Consequences
- The Bullshit Singularity: When the Internet Breaks Even for the Trained
- Essentialism, AI Skepticism, and the Moral Duty to Write Human Content
- Lullaby Language, Systematic Design, and Civilizations as Natural as Grass
- The Care Economy and the 70% AI Problem
- The Death of the Public Internet and Rise of Private Group Chats
- The Misallocation of Brilliance: From Phantom Stock to Self-Expression Traps
- When Thiel Meets Covey: Technology, Politics, and the Art of Robust Tolerance
- Fractals, Trust, and the Limits of Teaching Wisdom
- Reading Renaissance: Books, AI Skepticism, and Corporate Games
- The machine does not (yet) think outside of the box
analysis
- Time is a Range, Not a Point Introducing timecond
- The Share Web A manifesto
- Unusual primitives in programming languages
- The machine does not (yet) think outside of the box
- Loss of input in Charm’s Bubbletea
- My Go executable files are still large What's new in 2021 and Go 1.16
- Errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ in 2020 Why and how exceptions are still better for performance, even in Go
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64 (updated) What's new in 2020 and in Go 1.15
- Expressivity vs Tractability
- Why are my Go executable files so large? Size visualization of Go executables using D3
- Measuring errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ Also, why and how exceptions are usually better for performance, even in Go
- Measuring argument passing in Go and C++
- Measuring multiple return values in Go and C++
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64
- The “PostgreSQL” in CockroachDB — Why?
- The 4th law of programming language comparisons
- DYI Jepsen Testing CockroachDB External blog post
- Open problems in Computer Science
- On the future of computer science
- Rust for functional programmers
- Categories from scratch
- Haskell for OCaml programmers
- Comments on the Mill CPU from OotB Computing
- On the Turing-Completeness of C (cont.)
- On the Turing-Completeness of C
c++
- Errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ in 2020 Why and how exceptions are still better for performance, even in Go
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64 (updated) What's new in 2020 and in Go 1.15
- Why are my Go executable files so large? Size visualization of Go executables using D3
- Measuring errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ Also, why and how exceptions are usually better for performance, even in Go
- Measuring argument passing in Go and C++
- Measuring multiple return values in Go and C++
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64
- The Vaucanson story
c language
cockroachdb
- Updates to CockroachDB’s security architecture between v20.1 and v22.1
- How to get into computer security (2/2) Data & Dev S1:E7 — Transcript
- How to get into computer security (1/2) Data & Dev S1:E6 — Transcript
- My Go executable files are still large What's new in 2021 and Go 1.16
- Nested transactions in CockroachDB 20.1 External blog post
- Local connection overheads in PostgreSQL and CockroachDB
- Authentication configuration in PostgreSQL and CockroachDB
- Data flows and security architecture in CockroachDB
- Why are my Go executable files so large? Size visualization of Go executables using D3
- My database has bugs — now what?
- The “PostgreSQL” in CockroachDB — Why?
- The “Open Source” in CockroachDB
- The “Wow” effect in CockroachDB
- Local and distributed query processing in CockroachDB External blog post
- On the Way to Better SQL Joins in CockroachDB v1.0 External blog post
- Memory Usage in CockroachDB External blog post
- Squashing a Schrödinbug With Strong Typing External blog post
- Modesty in Simplicity: SQL JOINs in CockroachDB pre-1.0 Beta External blog post
- Critters in a Jar: Running CockroachDB in a FreeBSD Jail External blog post
- Revisiting SQL typing in CockroachDB External blog post
- DYI Jepsen Testing CockroachDB External blog post
compilers
- My Go executable files are still large What's new in 2021 and Go 1.16
- Errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ in 2020 Why and how exceptions are still better for performance, even in Go
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64 (updated) What's new in 2020 and in Go 1.15
- Why are my Go executable files so large? Size visualization of Go executables using D3
- Measuring errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ Also, why and how exceptions are usually better for performance, even in Go
- Measuring argument passing in Go and C++
- Measuring multiple return values in Go and C++
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64
computer architecture
- Hacking week: hardware/software co-design for a UT-LEON3 extension
- Comments on the Mill CPU from OotB Computing
- Building computing systems for research and innovation
- How I met the Microgrids
- Proposal: high-level thermal modeling
computer science
- Abstract Machine Models Also: what Rust got particularly right
- How to get into computer security (2/2) Data & Dev S1:E7 — Transcript
- How to get into computer security (1/2) Data & Dev S1:E6 — Transcript
- The 4th law of programming language comparisons
- CS PhD student in the Netherlands: to be or not to be?
- My “ideal” Bachelor of Informatics
databases
- Updates to CockroachDB’s security architecture between v20.1 and v22.1
- How to get into computer security (2/2) Data & Dev S1:E7 — Transcript
- How to get into computer security (1/2) Data & Dev S1:E6 — Transcript
- Nested transactions in CockroachDB 20.1 External blog post
- Local connection overheads in PostgreSQL and CockroachDB
- Authentication configuration in PostgreSQL and CockroachDB
- Data flows and security architecture in CockroachDB
- Critters in a Jar: Running CockroachDB in a FreeBSD Jail External blog post
- DYI Jepsen Testing CockroachDB External blog post
economics
- From $100M Offers to AI Misfires: Notes on Value, Hype, and Human Blind Spots
- Quintism, Friction Economics, and Building a Calm Companion in the Who Cares Era
- Hyperlegibility, Democracy Under Siege, and the Weight of Unseen Consequences
- Essentialism, AI Skepticism, and the Moral Duty to Write Human Content
- The Death of the Public Internet and Rise of Private Group Chats
- When Thiel Meets Covey: Technology, Politics, and the Art of Robust Tolerance
- Fractals, Trust, and the Limits of Teaching Wisdom
education
- Understanding the Beginner’s Mind How to deal with different learning styles and anxieties
- CS PhD student in the Netherlands: to be or not to be?
- My “ideal” Bachelor of Informatics
- Proefstuderen Informatica
- Resources on writing and teaching
- Introductie Unix De eerste dag overleven
emacs
entrepreneurship
- The Illusion of Thinking: LLM Cosplay and the Coming AI Class War
- Quintism, Friction Economics, and Building a Calm Companion in the Who Cares Era
- The Care Economy and the 70% AI Problem
- The Ambassador Matrix: A New Framework for Understanding Your Network
- The Multi-Project Mind: Why Some People Need 4-5 Important Things at Once
- From Reading to YouTube: Project Portfolio Explosion
- The Death of the Public Internet and Rise of Private Group Chats
- The Misallocation of Brilliance: From Phantom Stock to Self-Expression Traps
eponymous law
ethics
- Context Rot, Corporate Feudalism, and the Art of Weakening Belief Edges
- Lullaby Language, Systematic Design, and Civilizations as Natural as Grass
- The “Open Source” in CockroachDB
freebsd
functional programming
- Unusual primitives in programming languages
- Rust for functional programmers
- Categories from scratch
- Haskell for OCaml programmers
golang
- Loss of input in Charm’s Bubbletea
- Abstract Machine Models Also: what Rust got particularly right
- My Go executable files are still large What's new in 2021 and Go 1.16
- Errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ in 2020 Why and how exceptions are still better for performance, even in Go
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64 (updated) What's new in 2020 and in Go 1.15
- Nested transactions in CockroachDB 20.1 External blog post
- A tour of Emacs as my Go editor
- Why are my Go executable files so large? Size visualization of Go executables using D3
- Measuring errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ Also, why and how exceptions are usually better for performance, even in Go
- Measuring argument passing in Go and C++
- Measuring multiple return values in Go and C++
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64
- Memory Usage in CockroachDB External blog post
- Squashing a Schrödinbug With Strong Typing External blog post
- Finding the right tool for the job - FAIL
haskell
- Abstract Machine Models Also: what Rust got particularly right
- Rust for functional programmers
- Haskell for OCaml programmers
- Finding the right tool for the job - FAIL
history
joins
- On the Way to Better SQL Joins in CockroachDB v1.0 External blog post
- Modesty in Simplicity: SQL JOINs in CockroachDB pre-1.0 Beta External blog post
lab notes
- Time is a Range, Not a Point Introducing timecond
- The machine does not (yet) think outside of the box
- Finding the right tool for the job - FAIL
- OpenRISC / de0 nano resources
language comparison
- Unusual primitives in programming languages
- Rust for functional programmers
- Haskell for OCaml programmers
leadership
- Management Lessons from the Construction Site
- When Thiel Meets Covey: Technology, Politics, and the Art of Robust Tolerance
- Fractals, Trust, and the Limits of Teaching Wisdom
- Reading Renaissance: Books, AI Skepticism, and Corporate Games
- The Product Builder’s Epiphany
management
- The Bullshit Singularity: When the Internet Breaks Even for the Trained
- Essentialism, AI Skepticism, and the Moral Duty to Write Human Content
- Lullaby Language, Systematic Design, and Civilizations as Natural as Grass
- The Care Economy and the 70% AI Problem
- The Multi-Project Mind: Why Some People Need 4-5 Important Things at Once
- From Reading to YouTube: Project Portfolio Explosion
- Management Lessons from the Construction Site
- One-on-one meeting questions
- People management incentives “Help! How do I make my manager care more?”
- You’re a Tech Lead. What now?
- Navigating and optimizing performance reviews
- Self-direction: navigating agency and responsibility
- Tech Career Progression for Beginners Everything you didn't learn at school about evolving in a corporation
- Understanding the Beginner’s Mind How to deal with different learning styles and anxieties
- Levels of Technical Leadership
memory management
mental health
methodology
- Cloud-Native Security has Two R’s, not Three How I saved $50k and how you can too
- The STRIDE threat model with examples
- My database has bugs — now what?
- The Dark Resistance
- How good are you at programming? A CEFR-like approach to measure programming proficiency
- Resources on writing and teaching
- Building computing systems for research and innovation
- Frustrated elements of symmetry
ocaml
- Rust for functional programmers
- Haskell for OCaml programmers
- Finding the right tool for the job - FAIL
open source
performance
- Local connection overheads in PostgreSQL and CockroachDB
- Local and distributed query processing in CockroachDB External blog post
- On the Way to Better SQL Joins in CockroachDB v1.0 External blog post
- Modesty in Simplicity: SQL JOINs in CockroachDB pre-1.0 Beta External blog post
philosophy
- Essentialism, AI Skepticism, and the Moral Duty to Write Human Content
- Lullaby Language, Systematic Design, and Civilizations as Natural as Grass
postgresql
- Local connection overheads in PostgreSQL and CockroachDB
- Authentication configuration in PostgreSQL and CockroachDB
- The “PostgreSQL” in CockroachDB — Why?
programming
programming languages
- Unusual primitives in programming languages
- The machine does not (yet) think outside of the box
- Abstract Machine Models Also: what Rust got particularly right
- My Go executable files are still large What's new in 2021 and Go 1.16
- Errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ in 2020 Why and how exceptions are still better for performance, even in Go
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64 (updated) What's new in 2020 and in Go 1.15
- Why are my Go executable files so large? Size visualization of Go executables using D3
- Measuring errors vs. exceptions in Go and C++ Also, why and how exceptions are usually better for performance, even in Go
- Measuring argument passing in Go and C++
- Measuring multiple return values in Go and C++
- The Go low-level calling convention on x86-64
- The 4th law of programming language comparisons
- Revisiting SQL typing in CockroachDB External blog post
- Rust for functional programmers
- Haskell for OCaml programmers
- Finding the right tool for the job - FAIL
psychology
- Context Rot, Corporate Feudalism, and the Art of Weakening Belief Edges
- Quintism, Friction Economics, and Building a Calm Companion in the Who Cares Era
- The Bullshit Singularity: When the Internet Breaks Even for the Trained
- The Misallocation of Brilliance: From Phantom Stock to Self-Expression Traps
- Management Lessons from the Construction Site
- Fractals, Trust, and the Limits of Teaching Wisdom
python
- My Go executable files are still large What's new in 2021 and Go 1.16
- Why are my Go executable files so large? Size visualization of Go executables using D3
- Proefstuderen Informatica
- The Vaucanson story
reading notes
- From $100M Offers to AI Misfires: Notes on Value, Hype, and Human Blind Spots
- Context Rot, Corporate Feudalism, and the Art of Weakening Belief Edges
- The Illusion of Thinking: LLM Cosplay and the Coming AI Class War
- Hyperlegibility, Democracy Under Siege, and the Weight of Unseen Consequences
- The Bullshit Singularity: When the Internet Breaks Even for the Trained
- Essentialism, AI Skepticism, and the Moral Duty to Write Human Content
- Lullaby Language, Systematic Design, and Civilizations as Natural as Grass
- The Care Economy and the 70% AI Problem
- The Multi-Project Mind: Why Some People Need 4-5 Important Things at Once
- From Reading to YouTube: Project Portfolio Explosion
- The Death of the Public Internet and Rise of Private Group Chats
- The Misallocation of Brilliance: From Phantom Stock to Self-Expression Traps
- Management Lessons from the Construction Site
- When Thiel Meets Covey: Technology, Politics, and the Art of Robust Tolerance
- Fractals, Trust, and the Limits of Teaching Wisdom
- Reading Renaissance: Books, AI Skepticism, and Corporate Games
- The Product Builder’s Epiphany
reflection
remote work
research ideas
- The Share Web A manifesto
- Abstract Machine Models Also: what Rust got particularly right
- Open problems in Computer Science
- On the future of computer science
- Crazy research: bio warfare against mega corps
- Frustrated elements of symmetry
- How I met the Microgrids
- The Vaucanson story
- Proposal: high-level thermal modeling
rust
- Abstract Machine Models Also: what Rust got particularly right
- Rust for functional programmers
- Finding the right tool for the job - FAIL
schroedinbug
security
- Updates to CockroachDB’s security architecture between v20.1 and v22.1
- How to get into computer security (2/2) Data & Dev S1:E7 — Transcript
- How to get into computer security (1/2) Data & Dev S1:E6 — Transcript
- Cloud-Native Security has Two R’s, not Three How I saved $50k and how you can too
- Authentication configuration in PostgreSQL and CockroachDB
- Data flows and security architecture in CockroachDB
- The STRIDE threat model with examples
software engineering
- You’re a Tech Lead. What now?
- Navigating and optimizing performance reviews
- Self-direction: navigating agency and responsibility
- Tech Career Progression for Beginners Everything you didn't learn at school about evolving in a corporation
- Understanding the Beginner’s Mind How to deal with different learning styles and anxieties
- Levels of Technical Leadership
- Hacking week: hardware/software co-design for a UT-LEON3 extension
- My database has bugs — now what?
- The Dark Resistance
- Open problems in Computer Science
- Finding the right tool for the job - FAIL
- Building computing systems for research and innovation
sql
- The acronym “DML” may not mean what you think it means
- The “PostgreSQL” in CockroachDB — Why?
- The “Wow” effect in CockroachDB
- Local and distributed query processing in CockroachDB External blog post
- On the Way to Better SQL Joins in CockroachDB v1.0 External blog post
- Modesty in Simplicity: SQL JOINs in CockroachDB pre-1.0 Beta External blog post
thought leadership
- One-on-one meeting questions
- People management incentives “Help! How do I make my manager care more?”
- You’re a Tech Lead. What now?
- Navigating and optimizing performance reviews
- Self-direction: navigating agency and responsibility
- Tech Career Progression for Beginners Everything you didn't learn at school about evolving in a corporation
- Understanding the Beginner’s Mind How to deal with different learning styles and anxieties
- Levels of Technical Leadership
tooling
- My Go executable files are still large What's new in 2021 and Go 1.16
- A tour of Emacs as my Go editor
- Why are my Go executable files so large? Size visualization of Go executables using D3
- Introductie Unix De eerste dag overleven
turing machines
type system
- Squashing a Schrödinbug With Strong Typing External blog post
- Revisiting SQL typing in CockroachDB External blog post