Rafi Khan

Senior Software Engineer | Ottawa, Canada

Supporting society through innovation

  • Starting a new thing: writing micro posts

    Today I want to make a commitment to making one micro post every week for the next few months. I have many ideas for blog posts, and many things to share. But I keep holding myself back by thinking that my posts might not be useful, or just a waste of effort. After seeing many…

  • How to build Emacs with JIT on Ubuntu 22.04

    How to build Emacs with JIT on Ubuntu 22.04

    Emacs is a text editor that was initially released in 1976. It is widely used by many who enjoy a programmable, moldable computing environment. A recent addition to Emacs brings improved performance using just-in-time compilation. This feature is referred to as native-compilation, and leverages the GCC compiler. This post will provide instructions for building emacs…

  • Introductory Post

    Welcome to my Blog My name is Rafi Khan, and I am a passionate human who is devoted to making the world a safer, better place for everyone. I could go on about the places I have lived, people I have met and projects I have been involved in. But rather than a biography, I’d…