Building a chess engine
Rough notes on board representation, move generation, search, evaluation, and the path from legal moves to an engine that can play.
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Building Fluffy, Part 1: The Smallest Useful React Framework
Fluffy is a learning-focused React framework. Phase 1 builds the first complete slice: scaffolding, file-based routing, server rendering, hydration, testing, and release automation.
Systems and architecture
Working notes on boundaries, contracts, scale, and how software changes over time.
What Large Codebases Teach Us
Large codebases teach a different kind of engineering: how to move safely when nobody can hold the whole system in their head.
Why Programmers Should Study Physics
Physics teaches habits programmers need badly: invariants, useful approximations, dimensional thinking, phase transitions, and respect for entropy.
Understanding Graphs for Programmers
Graphs are not just interview material. They are the shape hiding inside build systems, dependency trees, routing, parsers, and chess engines.