azhenley

Thanks to the positive encourage here and in my email, I've decided to go the self-publishing route. I setup a pre-order page and will release each chapter as I go. :)

Happy New Years, HN.

azhenley··on I canceled my book deal

You are reading a lot of things that I didn't say.

The publisher didn't do anything "wrong". It was their suggestion to freeze it instead of cancel immediately. I didn't intend on giving up on the book even then. I didn't return the advance because I never received the advance.

azhenley··on Project ideas to appreciate the art of programming

I’ll plug my series of project ideas that have also been discussed here on HN over the years: Challenging programming projects every programmer should try

https://austinhenley.com/blog/challengingprojects.html

azhenley··on Making a game on a custom bytecode VM in 7 days and 3kB

The jam was originally going to be just me doing a solo project but it grew much larger! Over 200 people joined the Discord.

We plan on running it again: https://langjamgamejam.com/

azhenley··on Show HN: HN Wrapped 2025 - an LLM reviews your year on HN

I’m the Academic Compiler Archaeologist. This is hilarious!

https://hn-wrapped.kadoa.com/azhenley

azhenley··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)

Today is the start of Langjam Gamejam, a 7-day hackathon to build a programming language and then make a game using it. I'm ideating on what I'll build.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097671

azhenley··on Octo: A Chip8 IDE

I'm running a jam that starts Sunday called Langjam Gamejam that might interest you then. You have to make your own language and then use that to make a game. We have >120 people signed up and I'm expecting quite a few of the submissions to be similar to Chip8 or PICO8.

Discussion about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097671

azhenley··on Revisiting "Let's Build a Compiler"

I loved that tutorial! It got me started down this path.

azhenley··on Where are you supposed to go if you don't care about growth?

This seems like a very negative (and wrong?) perspective. Why do you think you’ll earn the same in 5 years? Do you think you’ve learned everything you can about software and business? Companies aren’t hiring you just to complete a specific task that they have right now.

azhenley··on Langjam Gamejam: Build a programming language then make a game with it

I’m going to blog about whatever I end up building. I hope some of you will join me :)

azhenley··on The Easiest Way to Build a Type Checker

I recently made a toy type checker for Python and had a lot of fun.

https://austinhenley.com/blog/babytypechecker.html

azhenley··on Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?

What are some great technical blogs that I should consider following? Many of my favorites have quit.

azhenley··on Ask HN: Mac App Store worth it for a $0.99 app?

If I’m willing to go through the hassle of buying something, then I’m willing to pay more than $1.

azhenley··on Gmail AI gets more intrusive

This is why I am building a better AI for my inbox.

azhenley··on Hello-World iOS App in Assembly

I’m guessing even this still requires that I use XCode.

azhenley··on The Programming Languages Zoo

Brief discussions 4 years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27024804) and 7 years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18638290).

azhenley··on System.LongBool

I need some context… why?

azhenley··on Why I chose Lua for this blog

I spend a lot of time blogging but all I use is a ~50 line Python file that converts my markdown pages to HTML, adds my template, and generates the ToC page. Then I push to GitHub Pages.

I can't imagine needing more than that. Why are these blog stacks so complex?

azhenley··on Email immutability matters more in a world with AI

So should I stop building my AI-first email client?

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