Stories by luu

Freestanding OCaml runtime

Docker logging blocks and never recovers

Chapel: a parallel programming language designed for productivity at scale

Optimizing Rasterizer Performance and Energy in the Nyuzi Open Source GPU [pdf]

Stanza: a new optionally-typed general purpose programming language

Austin’s Regulations for Kid Lemonade Stands

Reordering of reads in Java

Open plan offices are basically terrible in every way

Programming from the Ground Up [pdf]

Tradeoffs in Coordination Among Teams

Love thy coworker; thy work, not necessarily

Why Are Tenured Philosophy Professors Unhappy?

Parallel Processing Arduino Style

Open source hardware: j-core design walkthrough [pdf]

The Productivity of Working Hours (2014) [pdf]

Here’s What Happened When We Tried to Play Moneyball Without Any Money

What Motivates Effort? Evidence and Expert Forecasts [pdf]

Does the Database Community Have an Identity Crisis?

On the importance of manually maintained isolation for unit tests

The Flaw in All Things