Git packfiles were designed for mmap and local disk, so pulling one object out of a bucket means guessing at a byte range. I wrote a new format instead.

A new TypeScript SDK giving AI agents the storage primitives they need: forks, workspaces, checkpoints, and event-driven coordination on Tigris.

By combining WarpStream with Tigris, you get a bottomless, durable, and globally aware message queue. Your data is stored efficiently, close to where it’s consumed, without incurring hidden transfer…

Tigris has support for object lifecycle rules, allowing you to automatically move files between storage tiers. Here's the gorey details on how we did it.

A simple AI prompt to help you turn everyday moments into affirmations, blessings, and joyful reflections 💛

It’s an otter encore! This time, ChatGPT helps analyze otter antics straight from our photographs.

Discover how AI can rewrite the same phrase in wildly different tones—from quirky to royal decree!

AI models, comprised mainly of floating-point numbers, function by processing inputs through various components like tokenizers and embedding models. They range in size from gigabytes to terabytes,…

This is a book about large language models. As indicated by the title, it primarily focuses on foundational concepts rather than comprehensive coverage of all cutting-edge technologies. The book is st...

How to use video projects to showcase what your kids (or you!) have learned — and why Descript makes it easier than ever.

AWS announced S3 Tables today, which brings native support for Apache Iceberg to S3. It’s hard to overstate how exciting this is for the data analytics ecosystem. This post is a quick rundown of my th...

Kieran Egan has given us what he calls a "simple innovation that can transform schooling." But... what is Learning in Depth? Here's my take, with a special homeschooling spin.

The traditional way replicated systems are architected is to physically co-locate the write-ahead log (WAL) on the nodes where the state is being maintained. Then a consensus protocol like Paxos or Raft is used to make sure the log on each replica ag...

Irving Finkel is the most interesting man you've never heard of. Enter his world for a captivating glimpse of the secrets embedded within humanity's earliest writing.

Open-Source Development - Strategies for getting involved - Garren's public notes

Tigris now supports object notifications! Object notifications are how you receive events every time something changes in a bucket. This post is a deep dive into the implementation of object notifications in Tigris.

DuckDB-powered analytics for Postgres. Contribute to paradedb/pg_analytics development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Unikernels, GPU checkpointing, and VM migration are going to reshape the cloud.

Tigris now supports object notifications! Object notifications are how you receive events every time something changes in a bucket. This post is a deep dive into the implementation of object notificat...

Hello, Welcome to the March newsletter. Only one article this month on Range Queries using Badger. This is because I was on vacation in Dullstroom, which was...