Essays
A deep dive into the silicon-level implementation of Intel 80386 registers, revealing six different circuit designs used for 30 physical registers, driven by backward compatibility with 1971-era processors.
Programming
A blistering critique of AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot, arguing they create an illusion of productivity while degrading engineering craft, deep understanding, and code quality.
Essays
A hands-on project building a directional ultrasonic sound panel using 50 ultrasonic transducers at 40 kHz, achieving consistent audibility at 30 meters with a tightly focused sound beam.
AI
A satirical take on the AI hype cycle in the IT community, coining the term 'neuroschiza' to describe the inability to distinguish real technology from TikTok reels and weekend startup theater.
Essays
An engineer's honest review of Xreal Air AR glasses, originally intended as a portable monitor replacement for business trips, which turned out to have significant limitations for productive work.
Essays
A deep dive into nine common performance pitfalls of using await fetch() in JavaScript, from cold TCP connections and DNS/TLS overhead to JSON parsing bottlenecks and HTTP/2 head-of-line blocking, with practical fixes for each.
Programming
A developer investigates systematic review manipulation on 2GIS, Russia's major mapping platform, uncovering coordinated fake accounts, geographic impossibilities, and suspicious payment-verified review clusters. The analysis processed around 2 million users and 60,000 Novosibirsk businesses.
Science
Despite decades of hype, quantum computers remain stuck at rudimentary scales far from practical use. This article examines the gap between marketing promises and physical reality, arguing that quantum computing may be the century's greatest tech myth.
Programming
Python 3.14 introduces t-strings (template strings), a powerful new string formatting mechanism that returns Template objects instead of immediately evaluated strings, enabling safe sanitization, structured logging, and custom templating.
Web Development
Using IP geolocation to choose a user's display language is a broken assumption disguised as a feature. The Accept-Language header already exists and is far more accurate.
Linux
Since 2007, a Linux kernel bug has caused full system freezes under heavy memory pressure — and mainstream developers still refuse to fix it. This article documents porting the unofficial l9ec working-set protection patch to Xanmod kernel 6.14.5.
Essays
A detailed walkthrough of reverse-engineering a budget Spreadtrum SC6500L-based phone (Explay B240) to achieve native code execution: from discovering debug symbols in the firmware to building a binary loader that runs C programs from a MicroSD card.