The Almanac
Writing
Long-form essays on systems internals — the layers most of us run on every day but rarely get to see. Written to be read slowly.
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C Internals
How C programs work under the hood — memory layout, functions, pointers, and the assembly they compile down to.
CMemoryAssemblyRead → - 02
C++ Object Model Internals
A deep dive into vtables, single and multiple inheritance, virtual bases, and name mangling in the C++ object model.
C++VtablesABIRead → - 03
An Incomplete Guide to Facebook Thrift
A practical, hands-on guide to Facebook's Thrift IDL and RPC framework — the language, the wire, and the internals.
ThriftRPCSerializationRead →
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I’m building Windy — the shared memory layer for coding agents. Durable specs, diagrams, and plans your AI agents read and write over MCP.