Konrad Hinsen's blog

Its Time for a New Programming Language

Today, when compared to any other point in programming history, we find ourselves spoiled for choice when it comes to programming…

Modular: The Claude C Compiler: What It Reveals About the Future of Software

Compilers occupy a special place in computer science. They're a canonical course in computer science education. Building one is a rite of passage. It forces you to confront how software actually works, by examining languages, abstractions, hardware, and the boundary between human intent and machine execution.

A small matter of programming: perspectives on end user computing

A Small Matter of Programming asks why it has been so d…

Claude Is Not a Compiler - exe.dev blog

In early 2025, I wrote Is Claude a Compiler? At the time, my answer was: I don’t know.

16BPP.net: Blog / Faster asin() Was Hiding In Plain Sight

Software developer in Boston, MA. I like C++, Qt, UI/UX, graphics, animation and other fun things. 日本語を話します。

Jermolene — learning to program since 1978

In April 2024 I gave the opening keynote at the software industry conference “QCon London” under the title "The Home Computer That Roared: How the BBC Micro Shaped Our World".

Optimistic Computing

I recently made two new friends: Abhinav Omprakash and Dawn Walker. Abhinav said I’m an optimist and I should write about it. Dawn said I shouldn’t try to coin any new terms. I should know better, but this essay follows Abhinav’s recommendation — and credits Dawn, in the very likely event I should have followed her advice instead. I have been alive for approximately four decades. Each of those decades was witness to its own fun brand of computering.

When compilers surprise you — Matt Godbolt’s blog

Sometimes compilers can surprise and delight even a jaded old engineer like me

Reading

Carl Kolon's favorite articles about programming.

whyrusleeping/ycc

An opinionated coding harness

Reflections on a decade of coding

I've been programming professionally for about 12 years. Here are some of the things I worked on in the last 2 years.

Essentials of Compilation

Compilers are notoriously difficult programs to teach and understand. Most books about compilers dedicate one chapter to each progressive stage, a structure ...

Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend.

“Every line of code is written without reason, maintained out of weakness, and deleted by chance” Jean-Paul Sartre’s Programming in ANSI C.