August 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Pulling a New Proof from Knuth's Fixed-Point Printer”
Happy 88th Birthday to Don Knuth!
And thanks again to @robpike.io for Ivy.
research.swtch.com/fp-knuth
Happy 88th Birthday to Don Knuth!
And thanks again to @robpike.io for Ivy.
research.swtch.com/fp-knuth
research!rsc: Pulling a New Proof from Knuth’s Fixed-Point Printer
research.swtch.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“Pulling a New Proof from Knuth's Fixed-Point Printer”
Happy 88th Birthday to Don Knuth!
And thanks again to @robpike.io for Ivy.
research.swtch.com/fp-knuth
Happy 88th Birthday to Don Knuth!
And thanks again to @robpike.io for Ivy.
research.swtch.com/fp-knuth
Why did they call it Knuth's up arrow and not supercalifragilisticexponentiation?
December 5, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Why did they call it Knuth's up arrow and not supercalifragilisticexponentiation?
“A few books explaining the process of finding errors in code.”
Here ya go, sport!
Here ya go, sport!
March 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
“A few books explaining the process of finding errors in code.”
Here ya go, sport!
Here ya go, sport!
Is there any hookup for individual volumes of Knuth’s Art of Computer Programming? 👀
December 29, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Is there any hookup for individual volumes of Knuth’s Art of Computer Programming? 👀
Put together a little toy for experimenting with Knuth's up-arrow notation. Default value shown is 𝑔₁ = 3↑↑↑↑3, the first stage in the construction of Graham's number
qntm.org/files/knuth/...
qntm.org/files/knuth/...
qntm's power tower toy
qntm.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Put together a little toy for experimenting with Knuth's up-arrow notation. Default value shown is 𝑔₁ = 3↑↑↑↑3, the first stage in the construction of Graham's number
qntm.org/files/knuth/...
qntm.org/files/knuth/...
I know Knuth's algorithms and I quote the hacks historical
From Bletchley Park to Morris Worm in order categorical
From Bletchley Park to Morris Worm in order categorical
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I know Knuth's algorithms and I quote the hacks historical
From Bletchley Park to Morris Worm in order categorical
From Bletchley Park to Morris Worm in order categorical
Computer scientist Don Knuth, 1982, reading one of his favorite publications. Knuth's first publication was in Mad magazine.
October 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Computer scientist Don Knuth, 1982, reading one of his favorite publications. Knuth's first publication was in Mad magazine.
OMG no!!! I still think Knuth's deep dive from "I want to write about algorithms" to "I need typesetting software" to "I need fonts" to "I need font software" to "I need software to write software" may be the most epic software exploration in human history, and kids these days have NO IDEA about it.
June 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
OMG no!!! I still think Knuth's deep dive from "I want to write about algorithms" to "I need typesetting software" to "I need fonts" to "I need font software" to "I need software to write software" may be the most epic software exploration in human history, and kids these days have NO IDEA about it.
Every formal verification practitioner also knows Knuth’s “Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.”, and yet
September 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Every formal verification practitioner also knows Knuth’s “Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.”, and yet
In programming, the top 3 sources of bugs will account for basically all the bugs you catch. Fixing the top 3 inefficient things will fix almost all the performance problems.
Hence Knuth's warning about premature optimization.
Hence Knuth's warning about premature optimization.
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
In programming, the top 3 sources of bugs will account for basically all the bugs you catch. Fixing the top 3 inefficient things will fix almost all the performance problems.
Hence Knuth's warning about premature optimization.
Hence Knuth's warning about premature optimization.
You just know that Knuth's family thought he could fix their printers.
You just know some poor compiler designer's boss keeps asking em to do some front end web design.
You just know some poor compiler designer's boss keeps asking em to do some front end web design.
January 10, 2024 at 7:31 AM
You just know that Knuth's family thought he could fix their printers.
You just know some poor compiler designer's boss keeps asking em to do some front end web design.
You just know some poor compiler designer's boss keeps asking em to do some front end web design.
The only method of accurately displaying the number of KTP's bad posts
August 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The only method of accurately displaying the number of KTP's bad posts
Donald Knuth’s 2024 Christmas Lecture: ‘Strong’ Memories
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thenewstack.io/donald-knuth...
Donald Knuth’s 2024 Christmas Lecture: 'Strong' Memories
Besides offering the comfort of a familiar face this year, Donald Knuth included some precious and personal looks back.
thenewstack.io
January 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Donald Knuth’s 2024 Christmas Lecture: ‘Strong’ Memories
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Reading Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming" fascicles as they came out was incredibly key to discovering the Shuffle Sharding pattern, but I don't think I've ever written about it before ...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4297...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4297...
Back in 2010 when we were building Amazon Route 53, we had a really big problem ... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reading Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming" fascicles as they came out was incredibly key to discovering the Shuffle Sharding pattern, but I don't think I've ever written about it before ...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4297...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4297...
The 10th most common word you use, you'll use *way* more than the 11th most common word you use, etc.
11 bigots are responsible for 60% of the book bans in the the US, etc.
Zipf's Law is intimately connected to Knuth's Premature Optimization is the Root of All Evil.
11 bigots are responsible for 60% of the book bans in the the US, etc.
Zipf's Law is intimately connected to Knuth's Premature Optimization is the Root of All Evil.
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The 10th most common word you use, you'll use *way* more than the 11th most common word you use, etc.
11 bigots are responsible for 60% of the book bans in the the US, etc.
Zipf's Law is intimately connected to Knuth's Premature Optimization is the Root of All Evil.
11 bigots are responsible for 60% of the book bans in the the US, etc.
Zipf's Law is intimately connected to Knuth's Premature Optimization is the Root of All Evil.
I had to check to see if Knuth's web page is still up. Of course it is.
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/
July 30, 2024 at 1:34 PM
I had to check to see if Knuth's web page is still up. Of course it is.
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/
#Knuth's, an independent store for women's clothing in #pepperpike Ohio
#WeekKNkforKN #alphabetchallenge
#WeekKNkforKN #alphabetchallenge
September 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
#Knuth's, an independent store for women's clothing in #pepperpike Ohio
#WeekKNkforKN #alphabetchallenge
#WeekKNkforKN #alphabetchallenge
If you're new to x-box, you may find some of its buttons confusing, so I made this chart to help you figure it out
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you're new to x-box, you may find some of its buttons confusing, so I made this chart to help you figure it out
well that's my content schedule sorted right there. thank you mr ai 👍
April 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
well that's my content schedule sorted right there. thank you mr ai 👍
Donald Knuth's "premature optimization is the root of all evil" was about micro-optimizations.
Designing your application to read and write data efficiently is not really premature optimization. It's software engineering.
Designing your application to read and write data efficiently is not really premature optimization. It's software engineering.
May 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Donald Knuth's "premature optimization is the root of all evil" was about micro-optimizations.
Designing your application to read and write data efficiently is not really premature optimization. It's software engineering.
Designing your application to read and write data efficiently is not really premature optimization. It's software engineering.
I was just thinking I should make time to program for fun without LLMs — like writing a Lisp interpreter, or doing the exercises in Knuth’s book.
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I was just thinking I should make time to program for fun without LLMs — like writing a Lisp interpreter, or doing the exercises in Knuth’s book.