bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 hours agoThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devimagemessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up11.6Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.6Karrow-down1imageThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devbytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 hours agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·20 hours agoAnd imagine doing it without expecting a cent!
minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·19 hours agoIt’s the challenge of it though.
minus-squareedwardbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·19 hours agothaaaaat’s the shit, when it finally cracks and you laser focus on implementing your solution. better than drugs.
minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 hours agoThe high of cracking an intractable problem (pre-AI) was just unreal. I’d struggle to sleep, awaiting the morning so I could get back at it.
minus-squareDarkmoon_AU@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 hours agoNothing groundbreaking but writing my own Huffman compressor in C and seeing the whole thing work knowing where nearly all the real physical bits were going, was seriously satisfying. Recommended exercise ☺️
And imagine doing it without expecting a cent!
It’s the challenge of it though.
thaaaaat’s the shit, when it finally cracks and you laser focus on implementing your solution. better than drugs.
The high of cracking an intractable problem (pre-AI) was just unreal. I’d struggle to sleep, awaiting the morning so I could get back at it.
Nothing groundbreaking but writing my own Huffman compressor in C and seeing the whole thing work knowing where nearly all the real physical bits were going, was seriously satisfying. Recommended exercise ☺️