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"01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a75933aeaa4", "title": "Git in pictures", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2010/01/git-in-pictures/", "published_at": "2010-01-24T23:30:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a75938251db", "title": "On git and usability", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2010/01/on-git-and-usability/", "published_at": "2010-01-18T00:57:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a7593e6e0b6", "title": "A Brief Introduction to termios: Signaling and Job Control", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2010/01/a-brief-introduction-to-termios-signaling-and-job-control/", "published_at": "2010-01-11T01:42:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a7594980b9b", "title": "A Brief Introduction to termios: termios(3) and stty", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2009/12/a-brief-introduction-to-termios-termios3-and-stty/", "published_at": "2009-12-30T01:47:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a7594afffeb", "title": "A Brief Introduction to termios", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2009/12/a-brief-introduction-to-termios/", "published_at": "2009-12-22T19:11:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a7594f90206", "title": "wpa_supplicant: GUI and wpa_action", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2008/09/wpa_supplicant-gui-and-wpa_action/", "published_at": "2008-09-18T12:07:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a75952cfd94", "title": "autocutsel", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2008/09/autocutsel/", "published_at": "2008-09-16T12:08:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a7595939aa2", "title": "New Blog Location", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2008/09/new-blog/", "published_at": "2008-09-12T14:17:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a7595c4bc7f", "title": "Using wpa_supplicant on Debian/Ubuntu", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2008/08/using-wpa_supplicant-on-debianubuntu/", "published_at": "2008-08-22T14:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a75967353f0", "title": "Automounting sshfs", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2008/03/automounting-sshfs/", "published_at": "2008-03-23T18:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a75969a0a5c", "title": "Conkeror", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2008/03/conkeror/", "published_at": "2008-03-13T19:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a75978b403c", "title": "todo.pl ratmenu", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2008/02/todopl-ratmenu/", "published_at": "2008-02-19T23:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a75983698b9", "title": "A week with the iPhone", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2007/12/a-week-with-the-iphone/", "published_at": "2007-12-31T01:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a75987d9f0d", "title": "DEF CON", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2007/08/def-con/", "published_at": "2007-08-05T22:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-6106-7330-a368-9a7599003c07", "title": "6.170, CVS, and SVN", "url": "https://blog.nelhage.com/2007/02/3/", "published_at": "2007-02-11T01:33:00+00:00" } ] posts 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From error-handling to structured concurrency original ↗

23 Mar 2026

2025

Solving regex crosswords with Z3 original ↗

21 Oct 2025

The ITTAGE indirect branch predictor original ↗

4 Jul 2025

Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter original ↗

9 Mar 2025

Building personal software with Claude original ↗

27 Jan 2025

2024

Finding near-duplicates with Jaccard similarity and MinHash original ↗

3 Jul 2024

Stripe's monorepo developer environment original ↗

21 May 2024

2023

Performance engineering, profilers, and seeing the invisible original ↗

18 Dec 2023

Advent of Code in C++ Template Metaprogramming original ↗

8 Dec 2023

What's with ML software and pickles?original ↗

8 Nov 2023

Graceful behavior at capacity original ↗

7 Aug 2023

Efficiency trades off against resiliency original ↗

15 Apr 2023

2022

Transformers for software engineers original ↗

1 Apr 2022

A Cursed Bug original ↗

23 Feb 2022

2021

Distributed cloud builds for everyone original ↗

31 May 2021

Building LLVM in 90 seconds using Amazon Lambda original ↗

21 May 2021

Some opinionated thoughts on SQL databases original ↗

30 Mar 2021

2020

Towards solving Ultimate Tic Tac Toe original ↗

15 Jul 2020

Write testable code by writing generic code original ↗

12 Mar 2020

Test suites as classifiers original ↗

1 Mar 2020

Systems that defy detailed understanding original ↗

22 Feb 2020

Computers can be understood original ↗

16 Feb 2020

Reflections on software performance original ↗

3 Feb 2020

Why the Sorbet typechecker is fast original ↗

24 Jan 2020

Testing and feedback loops original ↗

19 Jan 2020

Record/Replay testing in Sorbet original ↗

13 Jan 2020

2019

Two kinds of testing original ↗

24 Dec 2019

The architecture of declarative configuration management original ↗

12 Nov 2019

A Go/C Polyglot original ↗

5 Sept 2019

Reader/reader blocking in reader/writer locks original ↗

7 May 2019

My Apollo Bibliography original ↗

9 Apr 2019

2018

Three kinds of memory leaks original ↗

29 Apr 2018

2017

Property Testing Like AFL original ↗

24 Oct 2017

Property-Based Testing Is Fuzzing original ↗

3 Oct 2017

Disable Transparent Hugepages original ↗

10 Jul 2017

Two Perspectives on the End-to-End Principle original ↗

11 Jun 2017

Running Tensorflow on AWS GPUs original ↗

26 Feb 2017

Thoughts On Kubernetes original ↗

19 Feb 2017

Measuring Capacity Through Utilization original ↗

8 Jan 2017

2016

How I Write Tests original ↗

29 Dec 2016

Design for Testability original ↗

6 Mar 2016

2015

What MongoDB got Right original ↗

1 Nov 2015

Indices point between elements original ↗

17 Jul 2015

Regular Expression Search with Suffix Arrays original ↗

1 Feb 2015

2014

New reptyr feature: TTY-stealing original ↗

20 Aug 2014

2013

Lightweight Linux Kernel Development with KVM original ↗

30 Dec 2013

Tracking down a memory leak in Ruby's EventMachine original ↗

7 Mar 2013

2012

Why node.js is cool (it's not about performance)original ↗

12 Mar 2012

2011

BlackHat/DEFCON 2011 talk: Breaking out of KVM original ↗

8 Aug 2011

Exploiting misuse of Python's "pickle"original ↗

20 Mar 2011

reptyr: Changing a process's controlling terminal original ↗

8 Feb 2011

reptyr: Attach a running process to a new terminal original ↗

21 Jan 2011

2010

Some Android reverse-engineering tools original ↗

27 Dec 2010

CVE-2010-4258: Turning denial-of-service into privilege escalation original ↗

10 Dec 2010

Some notes on CVE-2010-3081 exploitability original ↗

30 Nov 2010

Why scons is cool original ↗

7 Nov 2010

Configuring dnsmasq with VMware Workstation original ↗

24 Oct 2010

Using Haskell's 'newtype' in C original ↗

11 Oct 2010

amd64 and va_arg original ↗

4 Oct 2010

A brief look at Linux's security record original ↗

26 Sept 2010

Dear Twitter: Stop screwing over your developers.original ↗

12 Sept 2010

How is duct tape like the force?original ↗

5 Sept 2010

Write yourself an strace in 70 lines of code original ↗

29 Aug 2010

Navigating the Linux Kernel original ↗

15 Aug 2010

Suggestion time: What should I blog about?original ↗

8 Aug 2010

Some musings on ORMs original ↗

18 Jul 2010

Implementing a declarative mini-language in the C preprocessor original ↗

4 Jul 2010

Check Plus: An EDSL for writing unit tests in C original ↗

26 Jun 2010

Lab Notebooking for the Software Engineer original ↗

20 Jun 2010

Wordpress tricks: Disabling editing shortcuts original ↗

13 Jun 2010

Confessions of a programmer: I hate code review original ↗

6 Jun 2010

Using X forwarding with screen by proxying $DISPLAY original ↗

30 May 2010

Getting carried away with hack value original ↗

23 May 2010

The Window Manager I Want original ↗

9 May 2010

Software Engineers should keep lab notebooks original ↗

2 May 2010

Some thoughts on Quora original ↗

4 Apr 2010

Fun with the preprocessor: CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION hacks in Linux original ↗

28 Mar 2010

Security doesn't respect abstraction boundaries original ↗

13 Mar 2010

Followup to "A Very Subtle Bug"original ↗

3 Mar 2010

A Very Subtle Bug original ↗

27 Feb 2010

Iron Blogger: Blogging for Beer original ↗

21 Feb 2010

Versioning dotfiles in git original ↗

14 Feb 2010

CVE-2007-4573: The Anatomy of a Kernel Exploit original ↗

5 Feb 2010

Git in pictures original ↗

24 Jan 2010

On git and usability original ↗

18 Jan 2010

A Brief Introduction to termios: Signaling and Job Control original ↗

11 Jan 2010

2009

A Brief Introduction to termios: termios(3) and stty original ↗

30 Dec 2009

A Brief Introduction to termios original ↗

22 Dec 2009

2008

wpa_supplicant: GUI and wpa_action original ↗

18 Sept 2008

autocutsel original ↗

16 Sept 2008

New Blog Location original ↗

12 Sept 2008

Using wpa_supplicant on Debian/Ubuntu original ↗

22 Aug 2008

Automounting sshfs original ↗

23 Mar 2008

Conkeror original ↗

13 Mar 2008

todo.pl ratmenu original ↗

19 Feb 2008

2007

A week with the iPhone original ↗

31 Dec 2007

DEF CON original ↗

5 Aug 2007

6.170, CVS, and SVN original ↗

11 Feb 2007