A Basic Just-In-Time Compiler: building x86-64 JIT for recurrence relations
TL;DR The author implemented a small x86-64 just-in-time compiler that turns simple recurrence operations into native machine code instead of…
Daft Punk’s ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ appears to be 123.45 BPM
TL;DR A longtime tempo‑detection developer measured Daft Punk’s 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' and found an average tempo of about 123.45…
Accounting for Computer Scientists — a graph-based introduction
TL;DR Martin Kleppmann reframes basic accounting as a graph problem to make financial statements intuitive for programmers. He maps accounts…
POSSE: Publish on Your Own Site, Syndicate Copies to Other Services
TL;DR POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) is a content-syndication approach that prioritizes posting the canonical copy on…
A small collection of text-only websites: plain-text browsing list
TL;DR A blogger who began serving posts as plain text gathered a short list of websites that expose text-only endpoints…
Plain-text double-entry accounting for a multi-currency household
TL;DR A software engineer replaced brittle homegrown scripts with a plain-text, double-entry system built on Beancount to track a two-person,…
Ten Years Managing Personal Finances in Plain-Text Beancount Ledgers
TL;DR Since January 2016 the author has tracked personal finances in plain-text Beancount files, spending roughly 30–45 minutes each month…
Exclusive 10% Off LegalZoom Promo Code for LLCs and Estate Plans in 2026
TL;DR WIRED is offering an exclusive LegalZoom promo code that cuts 10% off certain LegalZoom services, notably LLC formation. The…
The ‘100% Lisp’ Fallacy: Why Lisp-only Editors Don’t Ensure Extensibility
TL;DR Claims that an editor is fully extensible because it’s written and scripted in Lisp overlook platform and runtime boundaries.…
A silly diffuse shading model: quadratic remap to avoid black flats
TL;DR The post examines the visual problem caused by the classic Lambertian term max(0, L·N), which leaves surfaces facing away…