Advent of Code 2023: Day 6
This boat race makes me want to Hurl.
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Advent of Code 2023: Day 5
Using Inform 7 to write interactive fiction about gardening.
Advent of Code 2023: Day 4
Making a scratchcard in Piet.
Advent of Code 2023: Day 3
Repairing an engine with COBOL.
Advent of Code 2023: Day 2
Solving number-based problems with sed.
Advent of Code 2023: Day 1
Solving Day 1 of Advent of Code 2023 in Brainfuck.
Advent of Code 2023: Introduction
The introduction to a series of posts for Advent of Code, explaining my self-imposed restrictions.
Ringsteady Sorting in Linear Time
An optimization for implementing Ringsteady Subsetting in linear time.
Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2019: Reflection
A reflection on organizing a puzzle hunt team.
Python C Extension Module Corruption
In which a segfault in cPython is caused by an interesting interaction with shared modules on Linux.
Synchronized Music on micro:bits
How I made a mesh network of BBC microbits play music.
Finding Good Answers Quickly
An introduction to Hufflepuff, a beam search library for Python.
Solving Problems Badly
A story from the NCSS Challenge of how sometimes the simple, “terrible” option is best.
Introducing vipdf
A tool for PDF presentations with vi-inspired keybindings.
Python: Wat
Some strange-at-first-glance Python code.
Introducing gst-launch-dynamic
A tool which allows modifying GStreamer pipelines at runtime.
Blackmagic DeckLink, ConsoleKit and TTYs
In which a statically-sized buffer is too small.
Shell startup scripts
A description of the startup behaviour of several shells, with an instructive diagram.
Controlling Projectors with PJLink
A Python tool for turning it off and back on again.
Awesome + GNOME Configuration
Configuration files which let Awesome and GNOME play well together.
Prettify script for PC^2
Adding styling to programming competition software.
End of Honours
A life update.
Box specific bar numbers in Lilypond
A music typesetting snippet.
Mouse activity
A neat tool.
Productivity
Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental.