Sy Brand

bit wrangler ~ poet ~ film/noisemaker ~ mask enthusiast

Art: https://sybrand.ink
Pronouns: they/them

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2025-06-27 21:37:58 UTC

Them: Alright, so first you write a test that fails
Me: Yes, I'm nailing this
Them: Then you write code that makes it pass
Me: ...you've lost me

2025-06-10 16:05:54 UTC

Building a Debugger is now officially released!
It guides you through writing a whole native x64 debugger from scratch, dispelling all the magic and teaching you a ton about operating systems as it goes.
Even if you don't care about writing a debugger, you can read it to your cat.
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2025-04-06 16:59:15 UTC

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the stepping operations use a combination of breakpoints and instruction-level stepping with debug info queries

2025-04-06 16:57:52 UTC

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it walks through implementing software and hardware breakpoints, and instruction stepping, step in, step out, and step over.

2024-12-14 00:06:39 UTC

The cover for my book on how debuggers work is here!
Preorders are still 25% off: https://nostarch.com/building-a-debugger
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2024-12-04 19:39:39 UTC

C++ Wrapped is brutal this year
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2024-10-07 21:27:46 UTC

The whole of my book on Building a Debugger is now available on Early Access!
It teaches you how to write a native code debugger from scratch.
There's lots of cats.
https://nostarch.com/building-a-debugger

2024-08-02 15:33:41 UTC

A wrote a book on how debuggers work!
It guides you through writing a complete native debugger from scratch.
Available Spring 2025 from @npub1zuw…4emf (probably not with this cover)
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