A running log of what’s been added or edited on this site, newest first.

2026-10-05

  • New post: What Is Research, Really?, a first, honest take on what research feels like from the bench. I plan to write the next version in a few years.
  • Renamed Writing to Blogs and Notes to Archives.
  • Trimmed the home page down to a hello, what I’m up to now, and recent writing; the navigation bar already shows the way around.
  • Simplified the project list on Research to one line each.
  • Removed the catch-all “archive” tag, so the tags page shows real topics.
  • Added a site-wide “updated” date to the footer; it follows this changelog, not the build.

2026-10-04

  • Reworked the home page into a hello and a short guide to the site. My CV is now on the site, linked from About.
  • Moved the research essays to their own page, On research; Research now leads with projects and publications.
  • Redesigned the site as a lab notebook:
    • A night-paper dark theme.
    • Margin notes, a contents rail, reading time, and previous/next and related links on every post and note.
  • Added site search: press / anywhere.
  • Notes are now web pages, with the typeset PDF still a click away. TikZ diagrams render in the browser too.
  • New navigation: Blogs, Archives, Research, About.
  • Edited the Greedy Algorithms note: clarified the two proof techniques (greedy stays ahead, exchange argument), fixed typos, and finished the interval scheduling problem statement.
  • Added this changelog page.

2026-09-29

2026-09-20

2026-06-08

2026-05-17

  • Relaunched the site with a new design, the Blog, and the FTP Archive of notes on algorithms, architecture, and DSLs.