Jones Beach articles - 16 total
What I’ve learned from 200+ hours helping developers grow
This isn’t a how-to guide. Just a few things I’ve noticed while mentoring people 1:1 over the last...
How global variables work in Python bytecode
Think globally, act locally. Who knew this oft-touted phrase was referring to Python bytecode? Last...
How local variables work in Python bytecode
Local variables are stored on the stack. This line tormented me for years. I could spout it in an...
Verifying two interpreter engines with one test suite
Crosscheck, my cross-engine testing framework for Memphis, had been sitting atop my writing to-do...
I'm embarrassed by how much code I cut from my test suite
My parser test suite was a house of cards I’ve never been prouder to see collapse. I found a pattern...
I left corporate and still do roadmaps + a Memphis update
Happy March! This month I am putting a bow on my Q1 roadmap and continuing to unify the two Memphis...
Build a software career with meaning: a playbook
Even with 20 fingers and toes, I barely have enough digits to count how many times during my 9-5...
Building a Markdown blog with links optimized for Gatsby
While I was hoping this website would build itself, it ended up taking a good amount of fine-tuning!...
Typed integers in Rust for safer Python bytecode compilation
Shortly after I shared my previous post, a helpful redditor pointed out that the typed integers I...
How I added support for nested functions in Python bytecode
I wanted to share some pretty cool stuff I’ve been learning about Python bytecode with you, including...
Improving memory efficiency in a working interpreter
Lifetimes are a fascinating feature of Rust and the human experience. This is a technical blog, so...
An interpreter inside an interpreter
A few months into development, I decided my north star for Memphis would be to run a Flask server...
Building for WebAssembly
I’m currently exploring two interesting topics for Memphis, my Python interpreter in Rust: building...
Introducing: From Scratch Code
THE BIG CITY—From Scratch Enterprises LLC (ticker: FSE) announced its newest venture Monday, From...
A REPL for fat-finger friendly typing
My Python interpreter, Memphis, has a REPL (read-eval-print loop)! This is old news. As long as you...
Declarative macro magic from Axum in Rust
Take a quick glance at the code snippet below. Without thinking too hard, is get a function or a...