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Cal Paterson

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29 from 6 May 2012 to 31 Aug 2026
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now and then (3 in the last year)
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personal blog
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2026 3

  1. Agent memory as a file format
  2. Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider
  3. "Disregard that!" attacks

2024 3

  1. Building LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant business
  2. Is Tesla really more valuable than Toyota?
  3. S3 is files, but not a filesystem

2023 1

  1. Take the tools out of 'Data', but don't take the data out of the tools

2022 1

  1. There aren't that many uses for blockchains

2021 6

  1. An oral history of Bank Python
  2. It looks like a product but is secretly a subscription
  3. No general method to detect fraud
  4. We were promised Strong AI, but instead we got metadata analysis
  5. Staying out of TTL hell
  6. Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does it matter?

2020 6

  1. Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400%
  2. Threat modelling case study: bicycles
  3. Async Python is not faster
  4. The argument against clearing the database between tests
  5. The troublesome "Active Record" pattern
  6. Applying mypy to real world projects

2019 4

  1. The Amazon premium
  2. How a SQL database works
  3. Non-relational bear-traps
  4. The Lycurgus cup

2015 2

  1. Not wasting time with version control
  2. How to configure pip for fast installs of C code libraries

2014 1

  1. My preferred agile heuristic

2012 1

  1. Bookmarking

Undated 1

  1. Helsinki Hacker News meetup