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…
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Earlier last month, we started working on a feature we are calling Match Statistics.
Jane Street has been developing modal types for OCaml – an extension to the type system where modes track properties of values, such as their scope, thread sharing, and aliasing. These modes restrict which operations are permitted on values, enabling safer and more efficient sys…
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…
In the final episode of Game of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister asks a powerful question:
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…
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…
That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. But, will it resolve to the same entity?
Internet as we know today, emerged from ARPANET, which was a research network made by the US DoD. Technologies like TCP/IP formed the basis of ARPANET, being the the first network to use IP based communication. ARPANET was eventually dissolved, but new networks were formed and w…
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 …
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