Lobster Roll

Stories by asb

microgpt (karpathy.github.io)
L 83 pts 5 comments by asb Feb 13, 2026 aipython AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General) thread
The Best C++ Library (mcyoung.xyz)
L 80 pts 19 comments by asb Jul 14, 2025 c++ Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Zig Roadmap 2026 (youtube.com)
L 79 pts 9 comments by asb Jul 4, 2025 videozig Programming (General) thread
Faster Rust builds on Mac (nnethercote.github.io)
L 71 pts 13 comments by asb Sep 4, 2025 performancerust Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
LLVM: The bad parts (npopov.com)
L 70 pts 19 comments by asb Jan 11, 2026 compilers Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
A surprising enum size optimization in the Rust compiler (jpfennell.com)
L 68 pts 23 comments by asb Apr 9, 2025 compilersrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Land ahoy: leaving the Sea of Nodes (v8.dev)
L 67 pts 9 comments by asb Mar 25, 2025 compilersjavascript Web DevelopmentSystems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Recent Rust Changes (ncameron.org)
L 65 pts 18 comments by asb Oct 27, 2025 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
My (very) fast zero-allocation webserver using OxCaml (anil.recoil.org)
L 61 pts 8 comments by asb Feb 1, 2026 mlperformancevibecoding AI / Machine LearningProgramming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Super-flat ASTs (jhwlr.io)
L 61 pts 11 comments by asb Dec 4, 2025 compilersperformance Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Bril: An Intermediate Language for Teaching Compilers (cs.cornell.edu)
L 57 pts 4 comments by asb Jul 26, 2024 compilerseducation Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Some notes on Rust, mutable aliasing and formal verification (graydon2.dreamwidth.org)
L 57 pts 14 comments by asb May 16, 2024 pltrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
How to speed up the Rust compiler in December 2025 (nnethercote.github.io)
L 56 pts 5 comments by asb Dec 5, 2025 performancerust Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Under the hood: Vec<T> (marma.dev)
L 56 pts 7 comments by asb Sep 22, 2025 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Don't Trip[wire] Yourself: Testing Error Recovery in Zig (mitchellh.com)
L 53 pts 9 comments by asb Jan 22, 2026 testingzig Programming (General) thread
In which I have Opinions about parsing and grammars (chiark.greenend.org.uk)
L 53 pts 36 comments by asb Jun 5, 2025 plt Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Non-temporal store heuristics on the Apple M2 (github.com)
L 53 pts 8 comments by asb Dec 12, 2024 hardwareperformance Data / Databases / InfrastructureApple / macOS / iOSMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
Allocators from C to Zig (antonz.org)
L 47 pts 9 comments by asb Feb 12, 2026 programming Programming (General) thread
Parsing Protobuf Like Never Before (mcyoung.xyz)
L 46 pts 15 comments by asb Jul 17, 2025 goperformance Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Variadic Generics ideas that won’t work for Rust (poignardazur.github.io)
L 45 pts 16 comments by asb Jul 9, 2025 pltrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
A new experimental Go API for JSON (go.dev)
L 42 pts 24 comments by asb Sep 9, 2025 go Programming (General) thread
Roadmap for improving the Swift type checker (forums.swift.org)
L 38 pts 40 comments by asb Oct 31, 2025 pltswift Programming Languages / CS TheoryApple / macOS / iOS thread
Flight Recorder in Go 1.25 (go.dev)
L 38 pts 1 comments by asb Sep 26, 2025 debugginggo Programming (General) thread
15,000 lines of verified cryptography now in Python (jonathan.protzenko.fr)
L 36 pts 1 comments by asb Apr 18, 2025 cryptographypython Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
smalloc: a simple memory allocator (github.com)
L 35 pts 22 comments by asb Jan 16, 2026 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Concrete syntax matters, actually (youtube.com)
L 35 pts 1 comments by asb Dec 13, 2025 pltvideo Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Slides: https://slim.computer/concrete-syntax/
C++ Should Be C++ (open-std.org)
L 35 pts 65 comments by asb Dec 19, 2023 c++ Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
See also the the [associated slides](https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2023/p3062r0.pdf).
Datalog in Rust (github.com)
L 34 pts 7 comments by asb Jun 14, 2025 compilersrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Deus Lex Machina: releasing a new compacting Zig tokenizer (validark.dev)
L 34 pts 13 comments by asb Apr 19, 2025 performancezig Programming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Why Swift's type checker is slow (danielchasehooper.com)
L 33 pts 4 comments by asb Jun 13, 2024 pltswift Programming Languages / CS TheoryApple / macOS / iOS thread