A few days ago, I found a newly published book about Starlark (a language derived from Python, intended to be embedded). This caught my attention since I was responsible for Starlark during my time at Google.
I was shocked. Starlark is too niche to warrant a full book, and...
Continue reading...Have you ever needed a simple, thread-safe scripting language for your application—one that looks like Python but is safe and easy to embed? I’d suggest Starlark.
If you’re looking for a broader overview of the language, check out my previous post: An Overview of Starlark. Here, I’ll explain how...
Continue reading...I’ve spent over a decade working on developer infrastructure at Google, contributing to areas like the build system, IDE, refactoring tools, and linters. Contributing to the evolution of one of the world’s largest codebases was a challenging task. What might seem like a tiny change can ripple across...
Continue reading...I've always loved games with compelling stories. From the classic LucasArts point & click adventures to modern gems like The Forgotten City, Disco Elysium, Pentiment, and Telltale games, many titles have inspired me.
While working on my latest project, I wondered: how would I implement a story,...
Continue reading...Back in September 2012, I was a junior engineer at Google, working on Bazel (Google’s build tool, also known internally as Blaze). One day, a mysterious calendar invite landed in my inbox. It was sent by two engineers in the US, and I was invited along with my team lead.
I...
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Last month, I published an article about a demoscene production that I released last year. The article starts with:
Continue reading...In November 2022, we set ourselves a challenge: make a real-time animation that looks like a standard short animated movie, with the constraint that it should fit in 8 kilobytes. T...