May 2, 2023

New post on abhinavsarkar.net: Interesting Links for April 2023

Interesting Links for April 2023

Here are some interesting things I read on the internet in April 2023:

Haskell

• Pedagogical Downsides of Haskell
  Why teaching Haskell is hard.

Nix

• Bazel and Nix: A Migration Experience
  Integrating Nix with Bazel for dependency management.

• Building 15-year-old software with Nix
  How to build old software with Nix.

• Stopping evaluation from blocking in Nix
  How to stop Nix from blocking when evaluating an expression

Programming Languages Theory

• Compiling a functional language to LLVM, part 2
  Compiling a functional language to LLVM: adding support for conditionals.

• Deep recursion with coroutines
  How to do deep recursion with coroutines in Kotlin without blowing the stack.

• Design of the Austral Compiler
  Complete description of the design of the Austral compiler.

• Every type is defined by its intro and elim forms
  Every type is defined by how we construct it and how we deconstruct it.

• Kalyn: a self-hosting compiler for x86-64
  Complete description of a self-hosting compiler for x86-64.

• On Recursion, Continuations and Trampolines
  Implementing tail recursion using Continuation Passing Style and trampolines.

• Reasonable Bootstrap
  A better way to bootstrap a compiler.

• Scripting Objects without Trash Day
  Survey of scripting languages without garbage collection.

Reverse Engineering

• Compromising Garmin’s Sport Watches: A Deep Dive into GarminOS and its MonkeyC Virtual Machine
  Reverse engineering GarminOS and its MonkeyC VM to find vulnerabilities.

• How I Hacked Google App Engine: Anatomy of a Java Bytecode Exploit
  Story of a Java bytecode exploit that allowed running arbitrary code on Google App Engine.

Programming

• All you need is data and functions
  Replacing traits with data and functions.

• Animating Text Art in JavaScript
  How to animate text art in JavaScript.

• Make invalid states representable
  Making invalid states representable to provide better error messages.

Miscellaneous

• Effective Spaced Repetition
  Strategies for effective spaced repetition.

• Erasing at the blackboard
  Better ways to write code for a book.

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