Why Float Math is Dangerous in Financial Ledgers
How standard IEEE 754 floating-point arithmetic introduces fractional rounding errors that fail government tax audits, and how to implement fixed-point math in C# and PostgreSQL.
Engineering Dispatches
Pakala Software Engineering Blog & Case Studies
Observations from the engineering trenches. Real-world architectural breakdowns, statutory calculations, and database optimization techniques.
Automating Port Demurrage Tracking in East Africa
Tracking container discharge dates and shipping line free days at Dar es Salaam port to eliminate thousands of dollars in late return fines.
HarfBuzz Complex Text Shaping for Indian Languages
Solving conjunct clipping, vowel repositioning, and font kerning across Telugu, Devanagari, and Tamil in native Direct2D desktop applications.