Drew's Dev Blog

The curious case of the proxy bug in SvelteKit

How to lovingly handcraft your own git repositories

All you need to know about the latest Python release including Global Interpreter Lock and Just-in-Time compilation.

Postgres internals part 2 – oversized values and TOASTable types

A high-level overview of how PostgreSQL stores data on disk, covering segments, pages and more.

Rust wrapper around the Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit (QuEST).

Parser for COMTRADE signal file format written in pure Rust.

Drew's terminal setup dotfiles.

Another version bumper, but this one is mine.

A deep dive into how JavaScript handles Unicode, and what this means for string indexing.

A Jekyll plugin for rendering mathematical equations using KaTeX.

Guide to using make and latexmk for easy LaTeX compilation

Calculate the overlap of aerial photos for photogrammetry.

How to use custom Jekyll plugins with GitHub Pages

Calculate the meters per pixel of a camera from its resolution, height, and angle of view.

How to get beautiful line numbers in Jekyll code blocks.

Quick snippets of easy-to-forget but often used commands, tricks and tips.

Tutorial to compiling zsh on a machine without root access.