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This is my personal blog, where I ramble about various topics I’m interested in. Most posts are connected to programming in one way or another. If I had to name the blog, it would probably be something like “artistic optimiztion” (but that name will probably become less accurate over time).

June 2024 — Hacking Is Necessary — The Sobering Futility of Idealistic Programming
May 2024 — Design Patterns — Notes and Commentary on the Classic OOP Book
May 2024 — Punching Through the Board — Keeping momentum through checkpoints
May 2024 — The Power of the Commit — Atoms of progress
May 2024 — Rewriting a Toy Compiler — Java to Haskell (-75% LoC)
May 2024 — The Breadth-Depth Phase Shift — When to Stop Learning for Breadth
April 2024 — Computers Are Magic — Finding child-like curiosity in CS
April 2024 — Code Without Fear — Minimizing the development-time cognitive load
April 2024 — Pushing Random Buttons — A critical skill for every developer's toolbelt
April 2024 — Why Haskell is a Great Language — Seriously
March 2024 — Speedrunning College — The underrated third option
March 2024 — Functional Refactoring: Wordle — JavaScript to PureScript
March 2024 — Lazy vs Eager Learning — What's the best way to learn programming skills?
March 2024 — Monads — An attempt to precisely describe a notorious concept
November 2023 — APL Tutorial — Making sense of (⊃⍳⍤≢(⊢⌊⌷⍤1∘.+⌷)/⍤,⊂)Y
October 2023 — Every Vim Binding I Know — An extensive list
September 2023 — Implicit Recursion — Observing built-in recursive structures in Haskell and C
August 2023 — Why I Use Vim — How to edit text efficiently and why it matters
July 2023 — Effective Anki Cards — Against long flashcards
July 2023 — Leetcode: 4 Types of Problems — Practical categorization
July 2023 — UW Madison Computer Science — An overview of classes and resources
June 2023 — Using a Chromebook as a CS Student — Is it possible?