April 1, 2023

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

Interesting Links for March 2023

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

Haskell

• Evolving isDigit
• memfd: An example of Haskell and C
• Optimizing Haskell Programs
• The Source Code of Defect Process
• What’s new in GHC 2021

Nix

• 7.5 years of NixOS on the desktop, cleaned up with Flakes
• Getting NixOS to keep a secret
• How do Nix builds work?
• Some notes on using Nix

Zig

• Assorted thoughts on Zig (and Rust)
• Zig and Rust
• Zig Quirks

Programming Languages Theory

• Chocopy Hacking Part 1: Building a compiler frontend in Python
• Chocopy Hacking Part 2: Compiling to JVM
• Chocopy Hacking Part 4: Compiling to WASM
• Compiler for the Tiny-C language
• Explaining my fast 6502 code generator
• Optimizing a parser/compiler with data-oriented design: a case study
• Scratching the PL Itch

Miscellaneous

• The Mechanics of Writing a Book
• Typescripting the technical interview
• Writing The World’s Most Boring Quine

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