Personal Site of Andrei N. Ciobanu - Links

A visual and intuitive guide to a Julia-set folding trick.

The main point is that modern assembly isn’t always obviously 'low-level' anymore.

Smallest self-hosting C compiler.

Smallest self-hosting C compiler.

A small directory for interesting personal sites and web curiosities.

A practical introduction to the C language from the Beej series.

A Python implementation inspired by the compact array language Klong.

A short introduction to comparing infinite quantities.

A quiz-like article for testing how well you really understand C.

Terminal email client.

The 'All-in-One Mathematics Cheat Sheet' is a massive compilation of formulas, definitions, and identities spanning mathematics from elementary to university level.

Personal blogs of HN users.

Interactive generative art with a soothing effect.

The 'awesome-math' GitHub repository is a large, curated collection of high-quality mathematics resources gathered in one place.

Generative art.

A striking connection between neural-network training dynamics and fractal structure.

The core message is that compilers don’t 'magically optimize everything'.

A peer-reviewed journal for short papers about open source research software.

A beloved collection of elegant single-player logic puzzles.

A manifesto calling for more personal, independent publishing on the web.

Simple, and the kinds of tradeoffs that hide inside "simple".

Quines.

A rich browser tool for generating detailed fantasy maps.

An elegant exploration of number systems through the lens of trees and structure.

Free and liberated ebooks.

A reference page on the uncanny connection between the Monster group and modular functions.

An argument about how paywalls distort the public information ecosystem.

A fun astronomy story about a giant interstellar cloud containing alcohol molecules.

A playful falling-sand toy for drawing little worlds and watching them evolve.

A sharp and funny essay by James Mickens on systems work, outages, and failure.

An argument that complexity and bloat remain major sources of software risk.

Like ls, but for images.

A gallery and overview of images drawn with traveling-salesman tours.

An essay imagining computers designed for longevity rather than constant replacement.

An article about the Ramones, legacy, and the strange economics of cultural afterlives.

A short essay on the psychology of token-based AI interfaces.

The Epigraphic Database Clauss-Slaby (EDCS) is the largest and most widely used international database of Roman inscriptions.

Compendium of mathematics.

A mathematical essay on primes appearing through motion and pattern.

A look at the mathematical ideas embedded in Escher's work.

A visual explanation of sine and cosine for programmers and curious readers.

Redirect to a random date's front page.

Cosmopolitan Libc, a C library and toolchain that lets you compile a program once into a single “fat” executable that runs natively across multiple operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows, etc.) without requiring a virtual machine or interpreter.

A short argument for publishing full-text feeds as a user-friendly web practice.

Interactive extensible editor for binary data.

A historical note on why early GCC generated so much excitement.

Ant–fungus mutualism is a symbiotic relationship where certain ants 'farm' fungi as their primary food source, much like humans cultivate crops.

A moving letter from Feynman reflecting love, grief, and memory.

A browser-playable version of the classic real-time strategy game Dune II.

Free public domain audiobooks.