I built a programming language using Claude Code(ankursethi.com)

101 points by GeneralMaximus 7 months ago | 146 comments

LLMs could be, but shouldn't be compilers(alperenkeles.com)

104 points by alpaylan 8 months ago | 112 comments

JIT-ing a stack machine (with SLJIT)(bullno1.com)

28 points by bullno1 1 year ago | 5 comments

Two things LLM coding agents are still bad at(kix.dev)

298 points by kixpanganiban 1 year ago | 340 comments

LLM-powered tools amplify developer capabilities rather than replacing them(matthewsinclair.com)

323 points by matthewsinclair 1 year ago | 214 comments

Blog post by Matthew Sinclair arguing that LLM-powered programming tools act like a mech suit amplifying developers rather than replacing them.

Copilot vs. Cursor vs. Cody vs. Supermaven vs. Aider(vincentschmalbach.com)

19 points by vincent_s 2 years ago | 4 comments

I'm just having fun(jyn.dev)

457 points by lemper 10 months ago | 209 comments

A blog post by jyn, a compiler engineer, arguing that programming isn't a competition and that they write about technical topics simply for fun.

That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection(fhur.me)

546 points by fagnerbrack 1 year ago | 213 comments

A blog post arguing that many so-called abstractions in codebases are merely layers of indirection that add complexity and hurt performance without real value.

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python(vgel.me)

454 points by vgel 3 years ago | 142 comments

Blog post by vgel describing the design and architecture of a small C compiler written in about 500 lines of Python.

Programming with Less Than Nothing(joshmoody.org)

407 points by signa11 1 year ago | 138 comments

A blog post by Josh Moody presenting a fictional interview where FizzBuzz is implemented in JavaScript using only S and K combinators.

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.