Because in a Life-Threatening Situation, Every Millisecond Counts

Removing expf() from a fire detector: one header, 1.95x faster, zero accuracy loss A smoke detector is not a demo project. When it fires, someone either evacuates in time or doesn't. The firmware running on that microcontroller has one job, and it needs to do it without hesitation, without bloat, and without dependencies that can fail in unexpected ways. Last May 28th I published a bare-metal fire detection system built with Hasaki 刃先 — a neural network trainer that exports standalone C h...