Phil Eaton is a staff engineer working on Postgres and software internals, sharing insights on databases, systems engineering, and life deep in the software stack.
152 articles from this blog
Extending a SQL database implementation in Go to support binary expressions and WHERE clause filtering.
A personal review of the Surface Book 2 laptop, focusing on its suitability for programming and development work compared to other devices.
A tutorial on building a basic SQL database from scratch in Go, covering parsing, an in-memory backend, and a REPL for CREATE, INSERT, and SELECT.
A tutorial on building a minimal REST API in Java using Jersey and JOOQ with PostgreSQL, avoiding heavy reflection.
Upgrading a Lisp compiler's x86 backend to use stack-based value passing instead of limited registers, aiming for feature parity with an LLVM backend.
A technical guide on building a simple Go interpreter using the Go AST parser to directly interpret and execute a recursive Fibonacci program.
The article discusses the complexities and challenges of administering Kubernetes, comparing tools and cloud services, and speculates on its future ease of use.
A tutorial on setting up unit tests for C code using Google's gtest framework and CMake build system.
Extending a JavaScript x86 emulator to implement Linux system calls like exit and write, covering syscall mechanics and AMD64 conventions.
Extending a Lisp compiler's LLVM backend to support system calls for printing integers, covering type tracking and variable addressing.
A technical guide on building a basic x86 emulator in JavaScript, covering registers, stack memory, and core instruction implementation.
Explains tail call optimization with examples and implementation details for interpreters and compilers.
Extending a Lisp compiler's LLVM backend to support conditionals, subtraction, and comparisons, enabling compilation of the Fibonacci algorithm.
A guide to building a TypeScript interpreter using the TypeScript Compiler API to parse and execute code programmatically.
A technical guide on building a basic HTTP web server from scratch using Node.js, covering sockets, request parsing, and response handling.
A technical guide on implementing a simple JSON path parser in JavaScript, covering basic object filtering and handling edge cases.
Extending a Lisp compiler to generate LLVM IR instead of x86 assembly, covering IR basics, function definitions, and backend architecture.
Explores building an AOT-compiled JavaScript implementation using V8's runtime, comparing it to other dynamic languages and detailing the compilation process.
A developer's experience returning to Windows for software development after six years, focusing on WSL, Vagrant, Hyper-V, and Docker performance.
Extending a Lisp compiler in JavaScript to support user-defined functions and variables, focusing on assembly code generation.
