Strangler Fig Application

https://martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerFigApplication.html

Reasonable Bootstrap

https://matklad.github.io/2023/04/13/reasonable-bootstrap.html · Compilers for systems programming languages (C, C++, Rust, Zig) tend to be implemented in the languages themselves. The idea being that the current version of the compiler is built using some previous version. But how can you get a working compiler if you start out from nothing?

https://registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/two-types-of-software-engineers

WebAssembly tail calls · V8

https://v8.dev/blog/wasm-tail-call

Working on build systems full-time at Meta

http://neilmitchell.blogspot.com/2022/05/working-on-build-systems-full-time-at.html · Summary: I joined Meta 2.5 years ago to work on build systems. I’m enjoying it. I joined Meta over two years ago when an opportunity ar...

All you need is data and functions

https://mckayla.blog/posts/all-you-need-is-data-and-functions.html

Mediocrity can be a sign of excellence, and other stories

https://predr.ag/blog/mediocrity-can-be-a-sign-of-excellence/ · Three vignettes on finding and hiring great people by playing Moneyball

Janet for Mortals

https://janet.guide/

Zig And Rust

https://matklad.github.io/2023/03/26/zig-and-rust.html · This post will be a bit all over the place. Several months ago, I wrote Hard Mode Rust, exploring an allocation-conscious style of programming. In the ensuing discussion, @jamii name-dropped TigerBeetle, a reliable, distributed, fast, and small database written in Zig in a similar style, and, well, I now find myself writing Zig full-time, after more than seven years of Rust. This post is a hand-wavy answer to the why? question. It is emphatically not a balanced and thorough comparison of the two languages. I haven't yet written my 100k lines of Zig to do that. (if you are looking for a more general what the heck is Zig, I can recommend @jamii's post). In fact, this post is going to be less about languages, and more about styles of writing software (but pre-existing knowledge of Rust and Zig would be very helpful). Without further caveats, let's get started.

AWK technical notes

https://maximullaris.com/awk_tech_notes.html · You’ll learn why AWK doesn’t have a GC and understand some peculiarities in its syntax