Essays

An able technology essayist is rare indeed. I’m not there yet. Still, I hope the writings here will give you new insights into old problems.

I write essays rather than blog posts as I tend to write pieces that are longer and more in depth than the average blog entry. Each essay is also rather link heavy so the interested reader can explore further. Unlike a blog, I also aim to revisit the essays if necessary to revise sections or correct links.

Paranoid Firefox

The web is a wild place. What is the most secure and private configuration that we can wring out of Firefox?

Preventing Exploits

The Case For Standard ML

If you do a computer science degree at Cambridge, your very first taste of programming will be in Standard ML. For quite some time this seemed strange to me, as the merits were never clearly explained. Most students had not even heard of the language, let alone written any code in it.

Minimalism: Keeping code to a minimum

There is only one program that is completely bug free, well documented, reliable and perfectly commented. Let me quote it in full: "". Now, some naysayers may claim this isn't a valid program -- yet this program has won a programming contest!

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