Dynamic programming is not black magic(qsantos.fr)

433 points by qsantos 2 years ago | 192 comments

A blog post by Quentin Santos explaining dynamic programming as an approachable algorithmic technique rather than black magic.

FAWK: LLMs can write a language interpreter(martin.janiczek.cz)

212 points by todsacerdoti 11 months ago | 185 comments

How to Think About Time in Programming(shanrauf.com)

169 points by rmason 1 year ago | 60 comments

Optimizing a WebGPU Matmul Kernel for 1 TFLOP(zanussbaum.substack.com)

163 points by zanussbaum 1 year ago | 68 comments

BASIC was not just a programming language(gcher.com)

91 points by guillaumec 2 years ago | 92 comments

I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed(jamesdrandall.com)

705 points by jamesrandall 8 months ago | 556 comments

Personal essay by a 50-year-old developer who began coding BASIC in 1983, reflecting on how the craft of programming has changed, including with AI.