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Cal Paterson

@calpaterson.bsky.social

Software engineer and blogger

Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I wrote a new blogpost about a much simpler way of doing AI agent memory: using files instead of multi-stage pipelines calpaterson.com/memoryfields...

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Agent memory as a file format

Memoryfields - a vastly simpler way to do agent memory

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I wrote a new blogpost arguing against dependency cooldowns https:// calpaterson.com/deps.html

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Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider

Against dependency cooldowns as a response to supply chain attacks

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

"Disregard that!" attacks - why you shouldn't share a context window with others

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"Disregard that!" attacks

Why you shouldn't share your context window with others

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

There is an (unofficial) coffee morning for hacker news posters here in Helsinki this Sunday (16th). It's relaxed, not very startupy, just coffee and pastries. Fill out bit.ly/helsinkihn if you want to come

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Helsinki HN

Helsinki HN is an an unofficial bimonthly Hacker News meetup in Helsinki, Finland. It is open only to active HN participants with a registered account and at least 64 karma points. If you'd like to be...

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

yes it's roughly contemporary with the article. a couple of buildings are missing now

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It does look interesting. Apparently "Final Five" voting is apparently already in use in Alaska - I'd never heard of it

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Most welcome; glad you liked it

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

There are lots of other customers for NVIDIA GPUs including computer gaming, crypto miners, 3D rendering, etc. I have not checked but I would strongly suspect that LLMs are just one of a few lines of business for NVIDIA. Though maybe the >3tn USD market cap requires LLMs

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

You're most welcome! About the photo: the houses are where I lived at the time and the buildings in the distance are where I worked (I changed places a couple of times, so worked in a few)

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

they don't even know what a sandwich is. "voileipä" literally means butter on bread, which explains why they don't put another slice of bread on top

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

thanks - i'm improving but there still lots of work that goes into writing these, so it's great that people enjoy it :)

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

You know, I reflect fairly positively on Bank Python as a whole. It was actually one of the better aspects of working at those places. I miss a lot of the pieces today

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Cal Paterson @calpaterson.bsky.social · 01/12/2024