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Linearity and uniqueness

In the last post, we looked at uniqueness mode and how uniqueness may be used to optimise. As we will see, uniqueness alone is insufficient in practice, and we also need a concept of linearity for uniqueness to be useful. Capturing unique values Let’s start with an example. Reca…

Singapore Visa Process

In November 2024, Badri and I applied for a Singapore visa to visit the country. To apply for a Singapore visa, you need to visit an authorized travel agent listed by the Singapore High Commission on their website. Unlike the Schengen visa (where only VFS can process application…

MCP seems viral

MCP (Model Context Protocol)[1] is all the rage now. Introduced by Anthropic about four months ago, it has already been accepted as an open standard and has seen widespread adoption, including by major AI companies and prominent AI tool makers. There is even a directory[2] listi…

KDE India Conference 2025

Last month, I attended the KDE India conference in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from the 4th to the 6th of April. I made my mind to attend when Sahil told me about his plans to attend and giving a talk. A day after my talk submission, the organizer Bhushan contacted me on Matrix and inf…

A visit to Paris

After attending the 2024 LibreOffice conference in Luxembourg, I visited Paris in October 2024. If you are wondering whether I needed another visa to cross the border into France— I didn’t! Further, they are both also EU members, which means you don’t need to go through customs …