1. My Formatter Will Never Be As Fast As Ruff

   Jun 08, 2025

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   5 minutes read

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   #zig #performance #parsing #tree-sitter #formatters #python

   I've been building a universal code formatter in Zig, and I recently discovered something humbling: my formatter will never be as fast as Ruff on large files. But here's the twist - it's actually faster on small files, and the journey to this realization taught me a lot.

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2. The Ballad of Tom Bombadil and the Managed Instance Group

   Jun 07, 2025

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   1 minute read

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   Old Tom Bombadil was a merry fellow,
   Bright blue his jacket was, and his boots were yellow.
   ...

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3. When Make Can't Find Your Executable

   May 29, 2025

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   13 minutes read

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   #debugging #make #zig #linux #strace

   I recently encountered a puzzling issue: zig build worked perfectly, but make build failed with "Permission denied". What followed was an interesting debugging session that uncovered a quirky interaction between GNU Make's PATH search and directory structures.

   This article documents the investigation process and some debugging techniques that proved useful along the way.

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