Amazon is now inundated with various crosswords. So I put a unique drop (for now) into this flood. Software Diagnostics, Observability, and Debugging Crosswords (ISBN-13: 978-1919135045). TOC and clickable references are available here: dumpanalysis.org/software-di…, but the full book is only available in paperback, as we are supposed to fill it in with a pencil.

Neurolinguistic and Neurosymbolic Approaches to Memory Dump Analysis: Representation access and functional dissociation in pattern-oriented diagnostics. dumpanalysis.org/neurolingui… This paper complements my recent posts on PrologWinDbg and Prolog for Pattern-Oriented Software Diagnostics. I have to mull it over.

Started my FPGA education with an assortment of boards.

Sending the Electronic Design Automation Acronym Dictionary to print production with a glossy cover so the gold pins will shine, I hope.

Prolog for Pattern-Oriented Diagnostics: Logic Programming for Memory Dump, Trace, and Log Analysis - a book I asked to be written for me, both to brush up on Prolog and to experiment with my pattern languages. I'm planning to study the paperback version with a pen for possible corrections and new ideas. Full PDF: dumpanalysis.org/prolog-for-…

The initial version of the Prolog WinDbg extension is out there: github.com/DumpAnalysis/Prol… The accompanying book will be published later today. Finally, I resumed work that I started more than 15 years ago... dumpanalysis.org/blog/index.…

Semiotics in My Work on Software Diagnostics: From memiotics to observability and Codesign A memory dump, a trace, or a log contains signs of software structure and behavior. Their diagnostic meaning depends on how they were produced, what they refer to, and the context in which I interpret them. A familiar message can suggest completion when it records only acceptance. A recurring pattern can direct an investigation while leaving its cause unresolved. In this article, I trace the semiotic thread in my work from memiotics, introduced in 2008, through analysis pattern icons, symbolic notation, software narratology, and trace linguistics to pattern-oriented observability and Codesign with large language models. I begin with an overview of semiotics and connect its concepts to concrete diagnostic examples. Articles, books, pattern descriptions, and seminar transcripts provide the historical references. The discussion brings together memory interpretation, meaningful trace units, diagnostic residues, and the design of interpretable observations. Throughout, I return to the relationship between an artifact, its interpretation, and the claim it supports. What does this sign allow me to say about the software, and what additional evidence do I need? dumpanalysis.org/semiotics-s…

Interesting find: The Historiography and Memory of the Crusades in the Modern Arab World (open access) trivent-publishing.eu/home/2…

In 2009, I planned to publish Dictionary of Debugging (waterstones.com/book/diction…), but it would have taken a long time to research and write. And it would still be much shorter. I still wrote some entries that year (published as the Debugging Dictionary section in Volume 11 of Memory Dump Analysis Anthology). Now, I used AI summarization capabilities to create it, including summaries of my analysis patterns up to date (which I still need to verify with pen once the paperback is ready). This new book uses the original ISBN. The full current PDF version is here: dumpanalysis.org/dictionary-…. Please let me know if I missed any entries (I guess there are many more worth including).

When reading books on chip design, manufacturing, and especially on electronic design automation like the 2-volume Electronic Design Automation Handbook, I discovered a lot of acronyms that are introduced on one page, and I quickly forget their meaning a page later and try to find their definition on the previous page. I recall that at Ericsson, in 2001, I had a several-page brochure of telecom industry acronyms. So I had an idea for this short book, which I will also make in paperback next week. If you don't see your favorite acronym, let me know. dumpanalysis.org/electronic-…

The first dump on Surface Ultra (no pun intended).

Linux Coredumps Via Sockets Can Be Much Smaller Now With Sparse Support - Phoronix share.google/GFzYsEgsLuIkKPp…