Intuitive explanations

Over the course of my Spring 2020 semester at Harvey Mudd College, I developed a self-hosting compiler entirely from scratch. This article walks through many interesting parts of the project. It’s laid out so you can just read from beginning to end, but if you’re more interested in a particular topic, feel free to jump there. Or, take a look at the project on GitHub.

I recently had occasion to reverse engineer the Facebook Messenger API for personal use, and realized the case study would make a great tutorial. This blog post lays out how I deciphered the API, and explains the reverse engineering techniques I used, so that you can go forth and do the same. The required background knowledge is fairly minimal.

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