Aug, 2025
Wallets were once hard to put in your back pocket, and now we don’t carry them. Let’s explore the evolution of memory management, and how these concepts apply to embedded systems. I use a questionable wallet analogy to illustrate the principles of ownership, automation, and context in resource management.
Jul, 2025
…where I document my thoughts on the changing career paths for Software Engineering, affecting Junior and Mid-career engineers, and the implications of AI-assisted development on these roles. Ultimately I think it will put additional pressure on the mid-career engineers, and create a bottleneck in the career progression.
Jul, 2025
A sculpture by Frank Gehry created for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, It stands right beside the swimming pool at the Hotel Arts in Barcelona,
where I spent a few days, walking around the city, on the beach, drinking coffee, etc.
Jul, 2025
What motivates someone to adopt one of the ten least desired programming languages in 2025? An exploration of Objective-C’s runtime library, its dynamic dispatch system, and the implementation of a custom runtime library targeting GCC.
May, 2025
The Sintra Arribas Hotel, just beside the “Praia Grande” beach, has a 100m salt-water pool which is mostly completely empty. An easy one hour trip from the center of Lisbon.
Mar, 2025
There are some nice sunsets in Berlin, particularly when you’re in Tempelhof Feld at the right time. This one was taken just beside Hasenheide.
Feb, 2025
It’s always a pleasure and privilege to ski on a sunny day, on a mountain, and sometimes above the clouds in the valley.
