Coding for a Finite World

(This is meant to be the first entry of a series which will cover individual points more in depth. We’ll see how that goes.) We’re the tech industry. We have ideas. We have ideas all the time . And we’re used to turn our ideas into applications. So, ... more

The BinAST diaries - Compression, part 1

If you have been following the work on the JavaScript Binary AST, you probably realized that we haven’t been communicating much recently. Sorry about that, we’ve been busy iterating on it! In this blog entry, I’d like to talk to you about our current ... more

And now, for something completely different: Ronin Time Bureaucrats

When I’m not busy attempting to reduce the startup time and power requirements of web pages with the JavaScript Binary AST, I’m into Improv Acting and Role-Playing Games. I’d like to introduce a hobby project of mine, which I have started over the summer: ... more

JavaScript Binary AST diaries - How to replace proving with validating for fun and profit

In this entry, I’d like to discuss one of the most interesting and unusual aspects of the Binary AST: how we gain performance by turning proof-building into validation , and why this is very good news for performance (and maybe not so good news for file ... more

JavaScript Binary AST Engineering Newsletter #1

Hey, all cool kids have exciting Engineering Newsletters these days, so it’s high time the JavaScript Binary AST got one! Summary JavaScript Binary AST is a joint project between Mozilla and Facebook to rethink how JavaScript source code is stored/transmitted/parsed. ... more

Towards a JavaScript Binary AST

In this blog post, I would like to introduce the JavaScript Binary AST, an ongoing project that we hope will help make webpages load faster, along with a number of other benefits. A little background Over the years, JavaScript has grown from one of the ... more