In which I finally make sense of value numbering
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Let's chat about compilers
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New linear scan register allocator in ZJIT by @tenderlove@mastodon.social !
https://railsatscale.com/2026-05-27-a-new-register-allocator-for-zjit/
I finally wrote a little thing about a compiler thing that I don't really have a name for but lots of people do
People keep saying stuff like "Ruby is a Smalltalk" so I think it would be fun to implement a Smalltalk with Ruby syntax. Or on top of Ruby VM. Or both?
Have just gone to the shop to buy Triscuits—or as I like to call them, Wheat Thicks
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tekknolagi/115879774232754368
Bumping this thread: is this separation logic? Some local reasoning thing? It feels very Hoare triple but I actually can't find anything about this because I have no idea what I'm talking about
Incredibly fortunate to have noticed that a Joe's pizza opened in my neighborhood, gone in, gotten a slice, and learned that it opened today!!! Life is good
I got unreasonably attached to Quip when working at FB. Can't believe Salesforce is shutting it down. :(
I have somehow accidentally substantially broken the laundry machine in this very nice hotel by feeding it a 50 Yen coin. Two men are currently arguing about how to fix it. :(
If you have not been to The Helmand in Cambridge, you simply must go at once. Their food is always spectacular but I was there again last night and the guy who makes their fresh bread just kept delivering us fresh bread straight from the oven with a huge smile every time. 1/
A brief retrospective: @recursecenter@mastodon.social is everything I thought and hoped it would be. I really loved meeting and working with people there. I got to learn about a bunch of really interesting projects of all different varieties. Vibes were excellent. Highly recommend.
This has been the most productive writing year I have ever had. 18 blog posts, 2 ish papers, editing others posts.
I can partially attribute it to grad school misery but also @recursecenter@mastodon.social was an amazing place to write.
Here's to more writing in the future.
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@b0rk@social.jvns.ca Going to reference this in my course the next time I teach it. It's great. Thank you.
I try to sell one (1) thing on Poshmark and all of a sudden I am drowning in spam and phishing. What the heck