BM25 is a widely used algorithm for full text search. I wanted to understand how it works, so here is my attempt at understanding by re-explaining.

Well, not this one. But this one is! How? Let’s take a closer look at Bluesky and the AT Protocol that underpins it.
Note: I communicated with the Bluesky team prior to the publishing of this post. While the functionality described is not the intended use…

Alright, so I maintain a JavaScript ORM called Lucid. Lucid is built on top of knex, which isn't type-safe, and hence, Lucid isn't type-safe either. My gut feeling is that utilizing SQL to ...

Over the past decade, my work has centred on partnering with teams to build ambitious products for the web across both desktop and mobile. This has provided a ring-side seat to a sweeping variety of teams, products, and technology stacks across more than…

If you understand how these systems operate, then you understand why they could change everything.

Embeddings are numerical representations of data (text, images, etc.) in a high-dimensional vector space that capture semantic meaning.

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Andy rises from the ashes of his dead startup and discusses what happened in 2024 in the database game.

Together with some friends, I decided earlier this year to particpate in the Carbage run 2025 Winter edition. This is a 6-day journey in winter all the way through Sweden to the polar circle, and back down to Helsinki in a group of roughly 400 cars.

One…

Let's see if we can gain an appreciation of probability theory by just confronting you with how hard it is to be a robot.

Parsing, performance, and low-level programming.