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"2015-09-12T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d62be6fa4c", "title": "What Killed Smalltalk?", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/08/20/what-killed-smalltalk/", "published_at": "2015-08-20T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d62cc3f7a1", "title": "JavaScript is the C++ of the Web", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/08/02/javascript-is-the-c-of-the-web/", "published_at": "2015-08-02T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d62da29dbb", "title": "All Possible Thoughts", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/07/30/all-possible-thoughts/", "published_at": "2015-07-30T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d62e1dd0d7", "title": "Feels like Censorship", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/07/27/feels-like-censorship/", "published_at": "2015-07-27T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d62eef68c0", "title": "Presented at ECOOP", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/07/10/presented-at-ecoop/", "published_at": "2015-07-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d62fca064a", "title": "Typed Shapes Paper Submitted", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/06/22/typed-shapes-paper-submitted/", "published_at": "2015-06-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d6300eae86", "title": "Maybe we ought to have Numerical Coprocessors?", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/05/25/maybe-we-ought-to-have-numerical-coprocessors/", "published_at": "2015-05-25T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d630460caa", "title": "The AI Breakthrough that Won't Happen", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/05/10/the-ai-breakthrough-that-wont-happen/", "published_at": "2015-05-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d630a114f4", "title": "The Smart Web is Coming", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/05/07/the-smart-web-is-coming/", "published_at": "2015-05-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d6319fc87d", "title": "The Problem with HTML", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/04/16/the-problem-with-html/", "published_at": "2015-04-16T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d63288897e", "title": "What is Intelligence?", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/04/15/what-is-intelligence/", "published_at": "2015-04-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d63338dd1d", "title": "Basic Block Versioning - Published At Last!", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/03/18/basic-block-versioning-published-at-last/", "published_at": "2015-03-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d633c1fcef", "title": "My Thesis: A Clearer Picture", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2015/02/08/my-thesis-a-clearer-picture/", "published_at": "2015-02-08T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d63449b9d4", "title": "Visit to Northeastern University", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/12/11/visit-to-northeastern-university/", "published_at": "2014-12-11T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d63538fd17", "title": "The Fastest For-In Loops in the Whole Wide Web", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/11/14/the-fastest-for-in-loops-in-the-whole-wide-web/", "published_at": "2014-11-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d635c45fc3", "title": "Pushing Higgs to the Limit", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/11/10/pushing-higgs-to-the-limit/", "published_at": "2014-11-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d636628c4f", "title": "Circumventing the D Garbage Collector", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/10/26/circumventing-the-d-garbage-collector/", "published_at": "2014-10-26T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d6366daeb0", "title": "Audiobooks are Awesome", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/10/23/audiobooks-are-awesome/", "published_at": "2014-10-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d6373f34b1", "title": "Faster than V8 *", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/09/17/faster-than-v8/", "published_at": "2014-09-17T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d6375162f9", "title": "Making Waves: D's GC Problem Followup", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/09/11/making-waves-ds-gc-problem-followup/", "published_at": "2014-09-11T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d637b4d774", "title": "D's Garbage Collector Problem", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/09/09/ds-garbage-collector-problem/", "published_at": "2014-09-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d637e860c0", "title": "Dogfooding Higgs with the Turing Turtle", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/07/19/dogfooding-higgs-with-the-turing-turtle/", "published_at": "2014-07-19T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d638c61a07", "title": "My Paper was Rejected Again", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/07/17/my-paper-was-rejected-again/", "published_at": "2014-07-17T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d639461d27", "title": "The Constness Problem", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/07/11/the-constness-problem/", "published_at": "2014-07-11T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d63a44b46d", "title": "News of Higgs", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/05/08/news-of-higgs/", "published_at": "2014-05-08T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-95a9-72e6-a98c-70d63a49591c", "title": "Positive Results for Higgs", "url": "https://pointersgonewild.com/2014/04/10/positive-results-for-higgs/", "published_at": "2014-04-10T00:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

I'm Looking for My Next Role original ↗

16 Sept 2026

Plush's New Register-Based Interpreter Is Insanely Fast original ↗

2 Sept 2026

Replacing a Rust Enum with a 64-bit Word Made My Interpreter 17% Faster original ↗

25 Aug 2026

Speeding Up the Plush Garbage Collector original ↗

17 Aug 2026

Building Groovie, an Advanced Web-Based Drum Machine / Beat Sequencer original ↗

6 Aug 2026

The Hard Part Isn't Technical original ↗

23 Jul 2026

I Want to Build a Sandboxed, Cross-Platform Software Distribution System original ↗

14 Jul 2026

Building a Clang Backend and Porting Doom to my Custom Bytecode VM original ↗

7 Jul 2026

The AI Safety Paradox original ↗

3 Jul 2026

Dependencies are a Liability original ↗

11 May 2026

A Recursive Algorithm to Render Signed Distance Fields original ↗

6 Mar 2026

2025

Building a Copying GC for the Plush Programming Language original ↗

29 Nov 2025

Optimizing the Plush Interpreter for Faster Raytracing original ↗

12 Oct 2025

Out-Fibbing CPython with the Plush Interpreter original ↗

6 Aug 2025

Creating a Toy Programming Language with Actor-Based Parallelism original ↗

3 Aug 2025

AI Safety in the Presence of Multiple ASI Systems original ↗

4 Jul 2025

Yes, We Do Want Humanoid Robots original ↗

12 Apr 2025

My Low-Tech Attempt to Automate Spellchecking original ↗

6 Mar 2025

So I Rolled My Own Static Site Generator original ↗

10 Jan 2025

2024

The Alternative Implementation Problem original ↗

20 Apr 2024

The Race to Make Humans Obsolete original ↗

7 Apr 2024

2023

Human-Scale vs Asymmetric Social Media original ↗

24 Dec 2023

Preparing UVM for 3D Graphics original ↗

1 Nov 2023

Software Bugs That Cause Real-World Harm original ↗

29 May 2023

Memory, Pages, mmap, and Linear Address Spaces original ↗

12 Mar 2023

Building a Minimalistic Virtual Machine original ↗

24 Feb 2023

2022

Typed vs Untyped Virtual Machines original ↗

8 Jun 2022

Minimalism in Programming Language Design original ↗

23 May 2022

Democracy, Dictatorships and Access to Information original ↗

6 Mar 2022

NoiseCraft Project Update original ↗

18 Feb 2022

Code that Doesn't Rot original ↗

11 Feb 2022

The Internet Changed My Life original ↗

19 Jan 2022

What's Could You Use Tesla Bot For?original ↗

8 Jan 2022

2021

NoiseCraft: a Browser-Based Visual Programming Language for Sound & Music original ↗

5 Dec 2021

YJIT: Building a New JIT Compiler Inside CRuby original ↗

2 Jun 2021

Investing is a Social Phenomenon original ↗

21 Feb 2021

On Insurmountable Technical Obstacles original ↗

7 Feb 2021

2020

Combatting Pessimism: 3 Keys to Innovation original ↗

1 Dec 2020

The Need for Stable Foundations in Software Development original ↗

22 Sept 2020

Maybe Planets are Overrated?original ↗

3 Jan 2020

2019

It's Been Done Before original ↗

5 Nov 2019

They Might Never Tell You It's Broken original ↗

2 Nov 2019

Balancing Fun, Stress and Profit original ↗

19 Oct 2019

Zupiter: a Web-Based Modular Synthesizer original ↗

6 Oct 2019

The End of Online Anonymity original ↗

10 Jun 2019

MiniWorld: A VizDoom Alternative for OpenAI Gym original ↗

29 Jan 2019

2018

A Small Dose of Optimism original ↗

17 Dec 2018

Building a Simple Self-Driving Car Simulator original ↗

21 May 2018

(Spread)sheet Music: Making a Simple Music Sequencer using CSV Spreadsheets original ↗

20 May 2018

Minimalism in Programming original ↗

18 Feb 2018

My new Job in RL & Robotics Research original ↗

28 Jan 2018

2017

We All Live in a Bubble original ↗

4 Dec 2017

The AI Risk Isn't What You Think original ↗

20 Oct 2017

Zeta's JITterpreter original ↗

12 Jun 2017

ZetaVM, my new compiler project original ↗

29 Apr 2017

Technodiversity original ↗

14 Jan 2017

2016

The Brain's Registers original ↗

22 Dec 2016

Method Call Syntax in a JS-like Language original ↗

23 Nov 2016

So, I've been using gedit this whole time original ↗

18 Nov 2016

My Experience with the ESP8266 - Making an LED Strip I can Control from my Shell original ↗

25 Sept 2016

Silicon Valley, Six Months Later original ↗

21 Sept 2016

Optimizing Ray Marching through Partial Evaluation original ↗

9 May 2016

Sense from Chaos - Crossing the Semantic Gap original ↗

23 Mar 2016

Moving to the Valley original ↗

24 Feb 2016

Building a Small-Scale Prototype original ↗

4 Feb 2016

Exercise, Depression and the Energy Hypothesis original ↗

7 Jan 2016

2015

Musings on AOT, JIT and Language Design original ↗

28 Nov 2015

Have Static Languages Won?original ↗

25 Nov 2015

Why I Chose Industry Over a Postdoc original ↗

15 Nov 2015

The Robotic Revolution original ↗

8 Nov 2015

There's Too Many Programming Languages!original ↗

6 Oct 2015

Basic Block Versioning - My Best Result Yet original ↗

24 Sept 2015

All Hope is Not Lost for Flying Cars original ↗

15 Sept 2015

Why You Should be a Little Scared of Machine Learning original ↗

12 Sept 2015

What Killed Smalltalk?original ↗

20 Aug 2015

JavaScript is the C++ of the Web original ↗

2 Aug 2015

All Possible Thoughts original ↗

30 Jul 2015

Feels like Censorship original ↗

27 Jul 2015

Presented at ECOOP original ↗

10 Jul 2015

Typed Shapes Paper Submitted original ↗

22 Jun 2015

Maybe we ought to have Numerical Coprocessors?original ↗

25 May 2015

The AI Breakthrough that Won't Happen original ↗

10 May 2015

The Smart Web is Coming original ↗

7 May 2015

The Problem with HTML original ↗

16 Apr 2015

What is Intelligence?original ↗

15 Apr 2015

Basic Block Versioning - Published At Last!original ↗

18 Mar 2015

My Thesis: A Clearer Picture original ↗

8 Feb 2015

2014

Visit to Northeastern University original ↗

11 Dec 2014

The Fastest For-In Loops in the Whole Wide Web original ↗

14 Nov 2014

Pushing Higgs to the Limit original ↗

10 Nov 2014

Circumventing the D Garbage Collector original ↗

26 Oct 2014

Audiobooks are Awesome original ↗

23 Oct 2014

Faster than V8 *original ↗

17 Sept 2014

Making Waves: D's GC Problem Followup original ↗

11 Sept 2014

D's Garbage Collector Problem original ↗

10 Sept 2014

Dogfooding Higgs with the Turing Turtle original ↗

19 Jul 2014

My Paper was Rejected Again original ↗

17 Jul 2014

The Constness Problem original ↗

11 Jul 2014

News of Higgs original ↗

8 May 2014

Positive Results for Higgs original ↗

10 Apr 2014