Aiko Schurmann

Low-level software engineer in training. Building efficient software close to the hardware.

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Software
Engineer

Computer science student currently at VUB, soon continuing at KU Leuven for an MSc in Software Engineering. Focused on low-level systems, compilers, and writing efficient software.

Recent
Projects

SR

software-renderer

A multi-threaded 3D graphics pipeline built from scratch in C, achieving high-performance rasterization without GPU acceleration.

CSIMD120K TRIS @ 120 FPS
C3

compiler-v3

A high-performance compiler for a strongly-typed procedural language, featuring recursive type checking and dense-ID symbol resolution.

CINTERNINGTYPECHECKING
ZG

zog

A blisteringly fast, zero-allocation JSONL scanner written in Zig, saturating NVMe bandwidth via SIMD vectorization.

ZIGJSON PARSER4.0 GB/S
CS

cfgsafe

A declarative schema-driven configuration engine for C99, generating strongly-typed and memory-safe code.

CSECURITYAOT
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Research
Thoughts

Dense Arena Interning: The Engine of Compiler Performance

How paying the O(L) hashing cost upfront buys you O(1) lookups everywhere else—and why dense indexing transforms your symbol tables.

MARCH 31, 2026 9 MIN READ INTERNING

The Nitty Gritty of zog: Pushing JSONL to 4.0 GB per second

A deep dive into the SIMD bitmasking and async IO tricks that make zog saturate NVMe drives.

MARCH 30, 2026 5 MIN READ ZIG
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