Bits and pieces

Over the past days I’ve been rewatching Silicon Valley.

I’ve learned about T64 (Transpose 64x64) compression algorithm while reading Clickhouse docs.

The job of a code formatter is simple: reprint the source code with pleasing white space1.

Ever since seeing Casey Muratori use xorshift32 to speed up his ray-casting code I’ve used that algorithm to generate random numbers while working in C.

WASM has this great veil of misunderstanding around it and I don’t want to try to remove it because in the process I might end up creating more confusion.

There is a very high possibility that your browser downloaded this website as compressed data.

If you’ve ever entered a license key for software activation you might’ve experienced the software verify the validity of the key without the need for internet connection.

I’ve recently become in possession of a 4K (3840 pixels x 2160 pixels) 144Hz monitor to bask in the high DPI glory and to never be looking at poorly aliased fonts ever again.