http://cbarrete.com http://cbarrete.com/one-sentence-per-line.html 18 Jan 2026 Advocating for writing one sentence per line in text files http://cbarrete.com/coffee.html 20 Dec 2025 This comment from dtolnay convinced me of using to_owned() on string literals years ago. I have been using it and sending this link to collaborators since then. http://cbarrete.com/coffee.html 02 Nov 2025 Hit me up for coffee in NYC! https://blog.tremily.us/posts/rpath/ 19 Oct 2025 A short article about the differences between RPATH and RUNPATH, most importantly the fact that RPATH overrides LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but RUNPATH does not. https://blog.mattstuchlik.com/2024/07/21/fastest-memory-read.html 19 Oct 2025 An interesting short article on speeding up memory-bound programs using interleaved memory accesses. http://cbarrete.com/bit-tricks.html 19 Oct 2025 Some bit-twiddling tricks, I might add some more in the future http://cbarrete.com/clang-format.html 18 Jan 2025 Just posting my .clang-format https://web.archive.org/web/20211214180302/https://ourmachinery.com/post/virtual-memory-tricks/ 14 Jan 2025 A great collection of tricks related to taking advantage of virtual memory on modern operating systems. I have previously talked about similar things in Working with infinite memory and planned on covering more of those tricks myself, but this is a good resource in the meantime! http://cbarrete.com/recommendations.html 05 Jan 2025 I've added a bunch of links to my recommended reads. Check them out! http://cbarrete.com/pool.html 16 Jun 2024 Let's design a surprisingly unique yet simple toy memory pool in Rust http://cbarrete.com/multicast.html 08 Jun 2024 Some notes about multicast http://cbarrete.com/package-management-for-builds.html 23 May 2024 An overview of the state of the art regarding integrating package managers in modern build systems http://cbarrete.com/how-to-start-using-nix.html 03 Jul 2023 I've updated my "How to start using Nix" series to cover building packages and installing/configuring packages via Home Manager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Le0IbPRzOE 22 Apr 2023 I might at some point write a concise list of reasons to consider using Nix, but in the meantime this presentation from Matthew Croughan brilliantly showcases some of the most useful and impressive features of Nix http://cbarrete.com/how-to-start-using-nix.html 22 Apr 2023 I've updated my "How to start using Nix" series to cover development shells, garbage collection and store optimisation http://cbarrete.com/how-to-start-using-nix.html 16 Apr 2023 An opinionated series about how to get started with Nix http://cbarrete.com/infinite-memory.html 05 Nov 2022 Some tricks based on huge virtual memory allocations http://cbarrete.com/slow-langs.html 10 Jul 2022 Benchmarking production languages against a terrible compiler http://cbarrete.com/pointers-as-files.html 27 Mar 2022 Proposing an analogy for teaching what pointers are and how they work http://cbarrete.com/colemak.html 26 Mar 2022 Notes on my experience trying the Colemak keyboard layout http://cbarrete.com/remove-folder-mbsync.html 26 Mar 2022 Notes on how to delete Maildir folders client-side using mbsync http://cbarrete.com/carmack.html 26 Mar 2022 Lightly edited backups of insightful writings from John Carmack http://cbarrete.com/move-from-scratch.html 14 Jan 2022 A pseudo-historical overview of C++ move semantics, building them up from scratch, without fluff or magic https://cbarrete.com/abstraction.html 07 Jan 2022 An exploration of the concept of abstraction, trying to identify where it makes sense to leak details https://vimeo.com/649009599?owner=45836359 27 Dec 2021 Great talk from Zig's Andrew Kelly about practical tips for getting into Data Oriented Design. https://vimeo.com/653510682?owner=45836359 28 Dec 2021 <p>Lately I've been thinking about how most modern systems languages like Rust have been trying to become more approachable. In particular, I have seen many people move away from Javascript/Go to Rust for performance and type safety reasons. It strikes me as odd that such people would reach for that low-level a language. Why would you use a language designed to offer great control over your hardware (control which comes at a cost), if all you wanted was performance? Instead, it seems to me that a compiled, optimized, performance-focused language could fit their needs much better.</p> <p>Richard Feldman introduces Roc, a functional language with that goal in mind: writing performant, high-level code at the expense of low-level control. This is an interesting talk given at Handmade Seattle which articulates some of the thoughts that I've been having lately.</p> <p>I've never looked closely at Roc and don't care about pure functional languages so I can't comment on it, but I recommend the talk to anyone who would be interested in fresh ideas about what future high-level yet performant languages might look like.</p> http://cbarrete.com/rust-bad.html 27 Dec 2021 I've added sections about my issues with compile-time evaluation and low-level obfuscation to the original article. https://pharr.org/matt/blog/2018/04/18/ispc-origins 27 Dec 2021 I suggest anyone interested in SIMD/SPMD and auto-vectorization to read Matt Pharr's excellent series about the story of ispc http://cbarrete.com/caldav-carddav.html 22 Dec 2021 Quick tutorial on self-hosting a calendars and contacts server http://cbarrete.com/clang-format-languages.html 6 Dec 2021 PSA: you can format more than just C/C++ with ClangFormat http://cbarrete.com/shared-ledger.html 6 Dec 2021 Ideas about how to deal with shared expenses with someone when using ledger http://cbarrete.com/rss-good.html 6 Dec 2021 My arguing for a more widespread use of RSS feeds (I know, ironic that you're reading this in an RSS reader) http://cbarrete.com/rust-bad.html 14 Nov 2021 No, I don't love Rust: some of my gripes with my go-to languages http://cbarrete.com/bind.html 11 Jun 2021 Making easy key bindings in Bash http://cbarrete.com/repeat.html 16 May 2021 Making key repeat under X more robust http://cbarrete.com/offline.html 23 Jan 2021 Overview of some advantages of off-line vs real-time audio processing http://cbarrete.com/deb.html 25 Oct 2020 Bite sized tutorial on how to install all of your favorite software at once on Debian http://cbarrete.com/pack.html 06 Oct 2020 Short introduction to managing Vim plugins without a third party manager http://cbarrete.com/rocks.html 05 Oct 2020 I've added fzf and Neovim to the list of stuff the rocks http://cbarrete.com/rocks.html 20 Sep 2020 List of friction-free software that I recommend using http://cbarrete.com/neovim.html 12 Sep 2020 My main reasons for using Neovim over Vim http://cbarrete.com/keyboard.html 05 Aug 2020 List of features to consider before asking me about which keyboard to buy http://cbarrete.com/quiet-vim.html 18 Jul 2020 Presenting a few options that make Vim a little quieter http://cbarrete.com/theming.html 12 Jul 2020 Thoughts about the modern Web's support for browsing document http://cbarrete.com/lf.html 25 May 2020 Notes on how to configure and use lf, including integration with fzf and dragcli http://cbarrete.com/swap.html 25 May 2020 Notes on how to swap Control and Caps Lock and why it is beneficial http://cbarrete.com/pass-completion.html 24 May 2020 Fuzzy pass completion in bash using fzf http://cbarrete.com/dragcli.html 24 May 2020 Efficient/comfortable workflow for drag and drop http://cbarrete.com/rolling.html 25 Apr 2020 Rant on the state of rolling release Linux distributions and how terrible Arch Linux is http://cbarrete.com/latex.html 06 Apr 2020 Notes on easily compiling and cleaning LaTeX documents http://cbarrete.com/ledger.html 03 Mar 2020 Notes on configuring vim to easily manipulate ledger journals