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For a long time, the kernel boundary has been a convenient place to divide responsibility.

As I continue my journey into the abyss of the compiler, one idea has finally started to settle in for me, a compiler is not just a translator that takes language A and turns it into machine B.

One thing I have come to admire about MLIR, and I say this with all due respect to LLVM, is how willing it is to move away from the rigidity of asking one intermediate representation to carry the entire burden of compilation.

LLVM is everywhere.

There is so much fluff out there telling us that we are nearing the limits of our current technology.

I spent part of this morning reading MLIR: A Compiler Infrastructure for the End of Moore's Law, and I have been really enjoying it.

It was just another hot Sunday at smol HQ.

As the journey through parallel programming continues, I shift my attention toward GPU kernels, and what better place to continue than the HipKittens: Fast and Furious AMD Kernels paper.

As I continue to trek my way through An Introduction to Parallel Programming, I find myself seeing how parallelism is not only a priority in our communication with hardware, but also in our communication with one another and, perhaps more importantly, with

As I continue reading An Introduction to Parallel Programming, I cannot help but notice a connection between communication among processors, communication among human beings, and communication within the individual self.

In September 2024, Edgar and I got engaged.

A first principles piece on autonomous coding loops, budget constraints, and why persistence — in code and in life — is the only strategy that compounds.

At smolnero, we believe enlightenment is not a distant spiritual achievement or a final state to arrive at.

A reflection on gratitude, technology, and first principle connection.

As I continue working to move from a Go noob to a software craftsman—much like someone learning woodworking to craft their own furniture, this piece breaks down /db/store.go from first principles.

“What I cannot create, I do not understand.” - RF What is SmolFinance?

That fear of being disliked—or worse, hated—by others.

At the end of the day, we all have the ability to interpret.

Sometimes, challenges are required.

Merchant Cash Advances (MCAs) are gaining popularity in the loan market.

After something is dequeued, it doesn’t just disappear.

An ode to the motherly habits that dive into the depths of oneself.

What does it mean to actually take something out of the queue?

Before anything can be processed, it has to be held.

Time is one of the few real resources we have.

The compiler, like the magician, speaks in symbols only the initiated can read.