Notes on performance, toolchains, and the occasional rabbit hole. Zola 2026-08-28T00:00:00+00:00 https://alecto.dev/atom.xml 2026-08-28T00:00:00+00:00 2026-08-28T00:00:00+00:00 Unknown https://alecto.dev/posts/hello/ <p>This site is built with <a rel="external" href="https://www.getzola.org">Zola</a> and a hand-rolled theme. Here is some C++ so the syntax highlighting has something to chew on:</p> <pre class="giallo z-code"><code data-lang="cpp"><span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-punctuation">#</span><span class="z-keyword z-control">include</span><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-string"> &lt;</span><span class="z-string">cstdio</span><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-string">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-storage">template</span><span class="z-punctuation"> &lt;</span><span class="z-storage">class</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type"> T</span><span class="z-punctuation">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-storage">constexpr</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type"> T</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function"> square</span><span class="z-punctuation">(</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type">T</span><span class="z-variable z-parameter"> x</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-punctuation"> {</span><span class="z-keyword z-control"> return</span><span> x </span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">*</span><span> x</span><span class="z-punctuation">;</span><span class="z-punctuation"> }</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-storage">int</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function"> main</span><span class="z-punctuation">(</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-punctuation"> {</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span> std</span><span class="z-punctuation">::</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function">printf</span><span class="z-punctuation">(</span><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-string">&quot;</span><span class="z-constant">%d</span><span class="z-constant z-character z-escape">\n</span><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-string">&quot;</span><span class="z-punctuation">,</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function"> square</span><span class="z-punctuation">(</span><span class="z-constant z-numeric">12</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-punctuation">;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-punctuation">}</span></span></code></pre> <p>And a little Rust:</p> <pre class="giallo z-code"><code data-lang="rust"><span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword">fn</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function"> main</span><span class="z-punctuation">(</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-punctuation"> {</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-storage"> let</span><span class="z-variable"> xs</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">:</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type"> Vec</span><span class="z-punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type">u64</span><span class="z-punctuation">&gt;</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator"> =</span><span class="z-punctuation"> (</span><span class="z-constant z-numeric">1</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">..=</span><span class="z-constant z-numeric">10</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">.</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function">map</span><span class="z-punctuation">(</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">|</span><span class="z-variable">x</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">|</span><span class="z-variable"> x</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator"> *</span><span class="z-variable"> x</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">.</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function">collect</span><span class="z-punctuation">(</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-punctuation">;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-entity z-name z-function"> println!</span><span class="z-punctuation">(</span><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-string">&quot;</span><span class="z-punctuation">{</span><span class="z-string">xs:?</span><span class="z-punctuation">}</span><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-string">&quot;</span><span class="z-punctuation">)</span><span class="z-punctuation">;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-punctuation">}</span></span></code></pre> <p>Inline <code>code</code>, <em>emphasis</em>, <strong>strong</strong>, and a blockquote:</p> <blockquote> <p>Simple stays simple.</p> </blockquote>