Pointers Gone Wild

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It's Been Done Before #Programming #Software #Technology
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Nov 5, 2019
They Might Never Tell You It's Broken #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech
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Nov 2, 2019
Balancing Fun, Stress and Profit #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Business
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Oct 19, 2019
Zupiter: a Web-Based Modular Synthesizer #MusicTech #WebAudio #Synthesizer
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Oct 6, 2019
The End of Online Anonymity #Privacy #Technology #Anonymity
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Jun 10, 2019
MiniWorld: A VizDoom Alternative for OpenAI Gym #AI #Gaming #OpenAI
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Jan 29, 2019
A Small Dose of Optimism #Programming #Tech #Essays
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Dec 17, 2018
Building a Simple Self-Driving Car Simulator #Programming #Simulation #OpenSource
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May 21, 2018
(Spread)sheet Music: Making a Simple Music Sequencer using CSV Spreadsheets #Music #Programming #Spreadsheets
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May 20, 2018
Minimalism in Programming #Programming #Software #Essays
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Feb 18, 2018
My new Job in RL & Robotics Research #Robotics #AI #Research
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Jan 28, 2018
We All Live in a Bubble #Programming #Software #Technology
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Dec 4, 2017
The AI Risk Isn't What You Think #AI #Risk #Technology
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Oct 20, 2017
Zeta's JITterpreter #Programming #Compiler #JIT
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Jun 12, 2017
ZetaVM, my new compiler project #Compiler #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Apr 29, 2017
Technodiversity #Programming #Technology #Essays
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Jan 14, 2017
The Brain's Registers #Programming #Tech #ComputerScience
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Dec 22, 2016
Method Call Syntax in a JS-like Language #Programming #Software #JavaScript
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Nov 23, 2016
So, I've been using gedit this whole time #Programming #Software #TextEditor
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Nov 18, 2016
My Experience with the ESP8266 - Making an LED Strip I can Control from my Shell #Hardware #IoT #Programming
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Sep 25, 2016
Silicon Valley, Six Months Later #Tech #Programming #Essays
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Sep 21, 2016
Optimizing Ray Marching through Partial Evaluation #RayMarching #ComputerGraphics #Optimization
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May 9, 2016
Sense from Chaos - Crossing the Semantic Gap #Programming #Compilers #SoftwareDevelopment
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Mar 23, 2016
Moving to the Valley #Tech #Programming #Essays
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Feb 24, 2016
Building a Small-Scale Prototype #Programming #Software #Tech
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Feb 4, 2016
Exercise, Depression and the Energy Hypothesis #Health #Science #Psychology
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Jan 7, 2016
Musings on AOT, JIT and Language Design #Programming #Compiler #LanguageDesign
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Nov 28, 2015
Have Static Languages Won? #Programming #Software #Technology
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Nov 25, 2015
Why I Chose Industry Over a Postdoc #Career #Tech #Research
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Nov 15, 2015
The Robotic Revolution #Robotics #AI #Technology
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Nov 8, 2015
There's Too Many Programming Languages! #Programming #Software #Tech
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Oct 6, 2015
Basic Block Versioning - My Best Result Yet #Programming #Compiler #Tech
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Sep 24, 2015
All Hope is Not Lost for Flying Cars #Technology #Future #Innovation
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Sep 15, 2015
Why You Should be a Little Scared of Machine Learning #MachineLearning #AI #Technology
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Sep 12, 2015
What Killed Smalltalk? #Programming #Smalltalk #History
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Aug 20, 2015
JavaScript is the C++ of the Web #JavaScript #Programming #WebDev
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Aug 2, 2015
All Possible Thoughts #Programming #Tech #Essays
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Jul 30, 2015
Feels like Censorship #Tech #Programming #Essays
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Jul 27, 2015
Presented at ECOOP #Programming #Tech #Software
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Jul 10, 2015
Typed Shapes Paper Submitted #Programming #Compilers #Research
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Jun 22, 2015

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