Code Dissected
Lucy BattenCode Dissected is an under-the-hood engineering journal exploring compiler mechanics, AST parsing, and real-world infrastructure post-mortems [e.g.]. We strip away framework wrappers to analyze complex software monoliths line-by-line—no filler, just logic
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How Python's AST Module Represents Imports Differently from Babel, and What That Means When Building Multi-Language Tools
How Python's ast module represents imports differently from Babel - and what that means when building multi-language tools.
When I added Python support to CodeAtlas, I expected the hard part to be wiring up a second parser. It wasn’t. The...
How Babel's AST Parser Represents JavaScript Import Statements - With Annotated JSON Examples
Understanding Babel AST Parsing: How JavaScript Import Statements Are Converted into Abstract Syntax Trees with Annotated JSON Examples and Code-Level Explanation
When you write import { useState } from ‘react’, Babel doesn’t see a string....
I Built a Tool That Turns Any GitHub Repo Into an Interactive Dependency Graph: Here's Exactly How It Works
A deep dive into the real pipeline behind CodeAtlas: AST parsing, import resolution, force-directed graphs, and everything in between
When I join a new open source project, I do the same thing every time. I open the entry point, follow an...
Stop Guessing: A System for Debugging Anything
Most people don’t struggle with debugging because they lack knowledge.
Most people don’t struggle with debugging because they lack knowledge.
INSIGHT LOG #01: The Full-Stack Request–Response Loop Explained
The core loop behind every full-stack app
I didn’t properly understand how full-stack development worked, until my first project completely fell apart. Before that, I had an overly simple mental model of how everything worked: there was th...
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