JIJosh Izaac

1. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Josh Izaac

   We accidentally built an LLVM compiler for JAX | josh iza.ac (opens the original)

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   Sometimes when you build software, you shave a yak so deeply that you end up with a surprisingly nice sweater (while the yak, presumably, wonders why it is suddenly rather drafty). For the past while, my team and I have been building a quantum compiler called Catalyst for the quantum software library PennyLane. Our goal was relatively straightforward: optimize large, hybrid quantum-classical workflows in a scalable manner using MLIR. To do this, we needed a fast, robust way to capture classical

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2. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Josh Izaac

   Refactoring cuisine: how an Iraqi stew sailed to Singapore | josh iza.ac (opens the original)

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   There is a specific, sharp mist that hangs in the air when you slice into a calamansi. The fruit is small, usually no larger than a marble, with a thin green skin that yields an abrasive, floral acidity — something halfway between a key lime and a sour mandarin1. Last week, standing in my kitchen, I halved a handful of them and squeezed their juice into a Dutch oven full of simmering chicken and okra2. The dish was bamya asam. If you consult a standard cookbook, bamya is a Middle Eastern stapl

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