mikelsr♥ for performance, distributed systems, and building cool stuff.https://mikel.xyz/Recommended Readshttps://mikel.xyz/posts/recommended-reads/https://mikel.xyz/posts/recommended-reads/A list of reads I recommend, in no particular order.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMTCap'n Proto in Wasmhttps://mikel.xyz/posts/capnp-in-wasm/https://mikel.xyz/posts/capnp-in-wasm/Why and how one should run Cap'n Proto in WebAssembly, based on our experience.Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMTIntroduction to Performance, Benchmarking, and Profilinghttps://mikel.xyz/posts/perfbasics/https://mikel.xyz/posts/perfbasics/Talk given at 0xDecode Deusto Summer School 2025.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTDefer in Pythonhttps://mikel.xyz/posts/defer-in-python/https://mikel.xyz/posts/defer-in-python/Implementing Go's defer through ExitStack.Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMTDesign and implementation of a WASM-based process execution service for a distributed-systems middlewarehttps://mikel.xyz/posts/msc-thesis/https://mikel.xyz/posts/msc-thesis/Master's thesis presentation.Wed, 18 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMTDesign and implementation of a distributed network of autonomous and heterogeneous serviceshttps://mikel.xyz/posts/computer-engineering-thesis/https://mikel.xyz/posts/computer-engineering-thesis/Computer Engineering final project presentation.Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMTApplication acceleration using a heterogeneous MPSoC architecture with MPU and FPGA processorshttps://mikel.xyz/posts/electronic-engineering-thesis/https://mikel.xyz/posts/electronic-engineering-thesis/Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering final project presentation.Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMTBuilding a configurable lexer from a deterministic finite automatonhttps://mikel.xyz/posts/building-a-configurable-lexer/https://mikel.xyz/posts/building-a-configurable-lexer/Inefficient and unintuitive, as all software should be.Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:00:00 GMT