$ ls -lt categories/programming/

2019

1. May 05 16m

   Deterministic and Statistical Python Profiling

   If you want to be sure that your applications are working optimally, then sooner or later you will end up turning to profiling techniques to identify and correct potential issues with your code. In this post, I discuss some of the current profiling tools and techniques for Python. The official documentation has a whole section on the subject, but we shall go beyond that and have a look at some alternative solutions, especially in the area of sampling profilers.

   programming/ #optimisation #profiling #python

2018

1. Mar 24 17m

   Extending Python with Assembly

   What's a better way to fill an empty evening if not by reading about how to extend Python with Assembly? I bet you don't even know where to start to answer this question :P. But if you're curious to know how you can use another language to extend Python, and if you happen to like Assembly programming, you might end up actually enjoying this post (I hope!).

   programming/ #assembly #python

2017

1. Oct 14 25m

   Android Development from the Command Line

   Do you like your development tools to be as simple as a text editor to write the code and a bunch of CLI application to build your projects? Do you feel like you are in a cage when you use an IDE? Or perhaps your PC or laptop is a bit dated and all the cores spin like crazy when you fire up Android Studio? Then read on to learn how you can develop Android application with just the text editor of your choice and the standard Android SDK CLI tools.

   programming/ #android #gradle #java

2. Mar 07 7m

   Prime Numbers, Algorithms and Computer Architectures

   What does the principle of locality of reference have to do with prime numbers? This is what we will discover in this post. We will use the segmented version of the Sieve of Eratosthenes to see how hardware specifications can (read should) be used to fix design parameters for our routines.

   programming/ #c++ #number theory #optimisation

2016

1. Aug 10 19m

   Getting Started with x86-64 Assembly on Linux

   You have experience of x86 assembly and you wonder what the fundamental architectural differences with the 64 bit Intel architecture are? Then this post might be what you are looking for. Here we'll see how to use the Netwide Assembler (NASM) to write a simple Hello World application in x86_64 assembly. Along the way, we will also have the chance to see how to use some standard tools to optimise the final executable by stripping out unnecessary debug symbols.

   programming/ #assembly