Alisa Sireneva @purplesyringa.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Isn't it weird how all problem solving is just "random bullshit goes brrr" and you can't do anything about it? Pattern recognition and external knowledge can only get you so far, and then you're kind of just stuck drawing doodles until something clicks 130
Alisa Sireneva @purplesyringa.bsky.social · 15/06/2025I wonder if I'll ever stop reinventing the wheel. I could use a well-developed framework, but nooooooo, I just had to develop custom algorithms for my decompiler... 120
Alisa Sireneva @purplesyringa.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Compiler design seems to be a uniquely odd area of computer science: it has a ton of theory and research, and there's also a large focus on performance, yet there's almost zero interest in quasi-linear algorithms or worst-case analysis 100
Alisa Sireneva @purplesyringa.bsky.social · 07/06/2025I've never realized how much HN, Reddit, Lobsters, and tech media in general ostracizes writing thought-out material as an individual until I started a blog. 130
