The Code Reviewer Who Never Goes Home: Why C++ Engineers Can Learn Rust
Rust feels awkward to C++ engineers, but most of what seems strange is a rule they already enforce by hand. What changes is who does the enforcing.
EngineeringStrugglog
Notes on what I've learned by running into walls, thinking hard, and building things.
Slowing Down the JVM: A Bytecode Interpreter You Can Watch
Why I built a JVM in Rust that runs in the browser as WebAssembly, the design decisions behind it, what building it taught me, and what's left to do.
Where Should the Star Rest? A C Programmer's Quiet Holy War
A C pointer style argument that looks like bikeshedding, until const and a typedef quietly reverse the meaning of a declaration three release candidates deep.
The Freedom to Drop the Sign: Why Java Has No Unsigned Integers
Why Java has no unsigned integer types, and what that design choice says about who a language trusts with freedom.
