Stories by tosh

How to Think about Parallel Programming: Not (2010)

Complexity Models

Magic Buffers and io_uring Registered Buffers

Why is cloning a Git repo much slower than downloading an equivalent-sized file?

Proof

Expository Programming

Smaller Code, Better Code

Compatible Time-Sharing System

Parsing JSON at compile time with C++26 static reflection

Perlisisms (1982)

Moving Averages (2022)

Cranelift

GameRoy: JIT Compilation in High-Accuracy Game Boy Emulation (2023)

The Same-Fringe Problem

Conquering Recursion

The Machine Stops (1909)

N-Tier Services and Systems Complexity

Memory-mapped files considered harmful (for databases) (2022)

Rows Are Made for Sorting and That's Just What We'll Do (2023) [pdf]

What Goes Around Comes Around and Around (2024) [video]

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