Notes on Computation

Essays on parsing, compilers and the web platform

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2026

  1. Markdown showcase

    A tour of the syntax this blog understands: CommonMark plus the GitHub-flavoured extensions MD4C implements.

  2. How it works

    This blog has four layers, shown below from storage to screen.

  3. Welcome

    Welcome! Every page you see was rendered from Markdown on your own machine by MD4C, compiled to WebAssembly. There is no server code at all: the posts are plain files in read-on…