Names should be as short as possible while still being clear

Short, meaningful names that take context into account are better than long, verbose names that don't.

Lookup Tables (Forth Dimensions XIX.3)

An article about lookup tables in Forth that I co-authored with Hans Bezemer (creator of 4tH) when I was 16.

Summary of reading: April - June 2023

"WebAssembly: The Definitive Guide" by Brian Sletten - a wide and shallow overview of the WASM landscape. Logically, it can be seen as a compantion to "The Art of WebAssembly" which goes deep into the WASM language and spec; in reality, it falls short. The bo...

For Python packages, file structure != API

When designing Python packages, decoupling the file structure from the package's API makes your package easier to import and use.

Announcing GoReleaser v1.19 — the big release

Almost 200 commits adding Nix, Winget, and much more…

Go 1.21 will (probably) download newer toolchains on demand by default

Go 1.21 Release Candidate

Go 1.21 RC brings language improvements, new standard library packages, PGO GA, backward and forward compatibility in the toolchain and faster builds.

Trick or treap! Of randomized search trees, intervals, and IP address searches.

Summary goes here

Failing to draw lines between 'script' and 'program'

Using `go.mod` versions to `go install` a binary

In my post Managing your Go tool versions with go.mod and a tools.go I talked about how to track tool dependencies in a tools.go to more easily run your tools without a make setup step or similar. However in the performance section I noted that there can be a slight performance h...