Hasnain says:

"In this paper, we propose to turn JIT compilation into a precision tool by adding two essential and generic metaprogramming facilities: First, allow programs to invoke JIT compilation explicitly. This enables controlled specialization of arbitrary code at run- time, in the style of partial evaluation. It also enables the JIT compiler to report warnings and errors to the program when it is un- able to compile a code path in the demanded way. Second, allow the JIT compiler to call back into the program to perform compile- time computation. This lets the program itself define the translation strategy for certain constructs on the fly and gives rise to a powerful JIT macro facility that enables “smart” libraries to supply domain- specific compiler optimizations or safety checks."

Hasnain says:

"It was a system of extraction and coercion so flagrant that Alabama Circuit Court Judge Hub Harrington likened it to a modern-day “debtors’ prison.” In a July 2012 ruling in a civil action brought on behalf of Debra Ford and three others, Harrington wrote: “The court notes that [debtors’ prisons] generally fell into disfavor by the early 1800s, though the practice appears to have remained commonplace in Harpersville. From a fair reading of the defendants’ testimony one might ascertain that a more apt description of the Harpersville Municipal Court practices is that of a judicially sanctioned extortion racket…. Disgraceful.”

Then he seized control of the Harpersville Municipal Court."

Hasnain says:

"And that's how I set out to simplify ordering Starbucks and created an internal banking system. "

Hasnain says:

"Rendering a Head in WebGL" - This is cool.

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"It was obvious why our team wasn’t working: People didn’t trust each other. The result was a culture of obfuscation and backstabbing in which we achieved less than we were capable of achieving. Staff members and volunteers became disheartened and eventually left. The leader’s constant lies, no matter how insignificant they seemed to him, had caused a breakdown of integrity and trust in the organization, and without integrity and trust nothing worked."

Hasnain says:

This is a really interesting challenge for those looking to exercise their programming chops.

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"This writeup is my attempt to give a quick survey of various approaches for simulating a loaded die, ranging from simple techniques that are highly impractical to the very optimized and efficient alias method. My hope here is to capture different intuitions about the problem and how each highlights some new aspect of simulating loaded dice. For each approach, my goal is to explore the motivating idea, core algorithm, correctness proof, and runtime analysis (in terms of time, memory, and randomness required)."

This is a really interesting look into stats and randomness.

Hasnain says:

Abrash and Carmack working together again. This is huge.

Hasnain says:

This is a really good blog post on speeding up the C/C++ preprocessor.