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Follow me on Bluesky! A Log-Structured Merge tree, or LSM, is a popular data structure for storage engines. It’s what is used by RocksDB, which is sort of...

Blind spiders and whip scorpions, the future of climate change, photosynthesis in the dark – here's what the deepest places on Earth can reveal about life and the universe.

Large language models (LLMs) are remarkably efficient across a wide range of natural language processing tasks and well beyond them. However, a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the LLMs'...

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Marc Andreessen appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast this week arguing that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should be shut…

The capabilities and limitations of Large Language Models have been sketched out in great detail in recent years, providing an intriguing yet conflicting picture. On the one hand, LLMs demonstrate...

Another big milestone has been reached by Valve with their handheld Linux gaming PC, with the Steam Deck hitting 17,000 games rated playable or verified.

The endless battle over his legacy testifies to his great authority – and the power of his thought to make the world better

According to the Justice Department, Joanna Smith-Griffin raised millions of dollars from investors after lying about nearly everything.

Inspired by Jack Wrenn’s post on Undroppable Types
in Rust, I set out to see if it’s possible to create types that must be used exactly
once. From my understanding, those things are called linear types, but
don’t quote me on that1.




Unless…

OrioleDB is a storage extension for PostgreSQL which uses PostgreSQL's pluggable storage system. Designed as a drop-in replacement for PostgreSQL's existing Heap storage, OrioleDB aims to overcome scalability bottlenecks and fully utilize modern hardware…

In this third part of the series, I will show how we can implement a durable, distributed, and highly available log using S3

Update 2024-12-02 : There was a lively discussion about the post on Hacker News you might also find interesting: link to thread.

At the start of each year, on January 1st, a new crop of works enter the public domain. Find our highlights of what lies in store for 2025 here.