Notes on compilers, systems, and side projects.
Writing
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The vibe-coding disaster list is shorter than CrowdStrike alone
CrowdStrike's 2024 outage caused more damage than every named AI-coding production failure combined. The 'vibe coding broke production' narrative falls apart on the numbers.
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Your default compiler flags are leaving 8× on the table
Five compiled languages agree on a numeric loop to within 2%. A compiled-TypeScript experiment is 8× faster. This isn't a story about TypeScript — it's about what the other five lost by default.
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On publishing slowly
Why this site will only see four to eight posts a year — and why that's the point.