● Field notes — 09 posts on CUDA, C++, benchmarking & AI tooling03 years shipping · CMAP · ONERA · CEA
Agent-firstlanguage vs Dijkstra01AgentsZeroLang Field Notes: An Agent-First Language Meets DijkstraTiny msgswhat drives overhead02MPITiny MPI Messages: The Cost of Convenienceup to 7×faster integer pow03C++ PerfBeating std::pow: Up to 7x Faster Exponentiation in C++Rerununtil stable04BenchmarksYour Benchmarks Are WrongLLM vsweeks of tuning05LLM × C++Can an LLM Optimize My Code Better Than I Can?Branchlessbeat my AVX206SIMDThe Fastest std::find: How Doing More Work Makes You Faster3 layoutsAOS · SOA · AoSoA07Memory layoutAOS vs SOA vs AoSoA: The Answer Is Not What You ThinkEvolvedcircle packing08EvolutionEvolving Algorithms With My Claude Code Plan: ShinkaEvolve + Meridian80×faster Python N-body09N-bodyDoes Shinka Rediscover My SoA Tricks? A Python N-body Warmup