Why do I find Rust inadequate for codecs?
With memory safety becoming more important in the world of computer science, I offer a brief opinion piece on why I choose to implement codecs in C.
Radix sort and 32-bit IEEE754 floating point numbers.
An efficient sorting procedure for 32-bit floating point numbers in 20 lines of C code.
kcrypt2 - a retrospective and a lab notebook.
A retrospective on kcrypt2: problems, solutions and the origin.
A review of my new Model F keyboard.
A short blog post reviewing my current experiences with my brand new Ultra Compact FSSK Model F keyboard.
kcrypt2
A brief story on how I rolled my own crypto using staggeringly little mathematics in the process.
Measuring Constant Overhead
Brief remarks on introducing the notion of and measuring the constant overhead of a runtime system.
Lempel-Ziv factorisation for file type detection.
A very short explanation of how to make use of Lempel-Ziv factorisation for file type detection and segmentation.
jcram: a principled approach to code golf.
Can a simple and principled data compressor find its place in the world of emerging, purpose-built code-golf languages?
Triangulation of convex polygons
Musings on triangulation techniques for convex polygons.
An alternative derivation of Shannon entropy.
An alternative, easy to follow derivation of Shannon entropy.