getting started with command line navigation using emacs

Posted on Fri 02 June 2023 in tech

Even for non-emacs users it can be powerful to understand the basic emacs command editing paradigm. Both Mac OS and the Unix and Linux shell allow emacs style command editing in text contexts. This basic introduction goes over the basics of emacs "chords" and control of the command line. An …


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5 emacs tips for power users

Posted on Tue 30 May 2023 in tech

Emacs is a great system and worthwhile for any developer to spend some time learning and improving their skills. YouTube has plenty of introductions and tutorials to Emacs but very few tutorials aim at power users. Here are 5 tips for emacs users who would like to go to the …


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importing more than one library with foundry

Posted on Fri 26 May 2023 in tech

One feature that is missing in Foundry and Forge is the ability to dynamically bind libraries. In fact, it can be pretty difficult to understand how to bind libraries in general and the documenation is fairly lacking. It took me several tries to get it right.

How do I link libraries with forge? Can't really find any docs

The docs are the …


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Send email using an iCloud custom domain

Posted on Wed 24 May 2023 in tech • Tagged with python, icloud, smtp, email

Send email using an iCloud Custom Domain

I recently required a script to send email using an Apple iCloud Custom Domain. I found that the SMTP script I used before did not work because it attempted to login with my email address. The fix is to login with your apple …


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Introduction to market making for engineers

Posted on Sat 20 May 2023 in tech • Tagged with bitcoin, ethereum, crypto, market-making, tutorial

Market Making in Crypto

High performance trading systems designers implement event sourcing models to build of low latency distributed systems. This is useful for market making where placing buy and sell orders rapidly lowers risk and improves profitability.

In this tutorial I explain how trading systems are designed to implement …


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UUPS ERC-1822 Proxy Contract Implementation

Posted on Fri 21 April 2023 in tech • Tagged with solidity, programming, tutorial

Universal Upgradeable Proxy Standard UUPS ERC-1822 Tutorial and Complete Working Example

The first time I had to implement a UUPS proxy I found no clear example anywhere on the Internet. There are many trial implementations and even builders that enable one to implement a proxy in the background. It is …


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