Arpit Saxena
@arpit-saxena.com
Software Engineer: interested in systems engineering, databases, distributed systems and the whole shebang.
Write sometimes at https://arpit-saxena.com/blog, planning to be more regular
Write sometimes at https://arpit-saxena.com/blog, planning to be more regular
From the first chapter of Proofs and Refutations
May 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
From the first chapter of Proofs and Refutations
Reading this amazing article on the IPv6 transition: www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2024-.... The story starts from the design of IPv6 and through the decades, it tries to explain the reasons for IPv6's (slow) adoption.
The graph is the market price of IPv4 address transfers. The bump coincides with COVID!
The graph is the market price of IPv4 address transfers. The bump coincides with COVID!
April 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reading this amazing article on the IPv6 transition: www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2024-.... The story starts from the design of IPv6 and through the decades, it tries to explain the reasons for IPv6's (slow) adoption.
The graph is the market price of IPv4 address transfers. The bump coincides with COVID!
The graph is the market price of IPv4 address transfers. The bump coincides with COVID!
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The next generation will absolutely not believe how good pre-AI Google was.
I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-
April 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The next generation will absolutely not believe how good pre-AI Google was.
Loving git rebase more and more as I use it. Clean history ftw. Finally figured out `git rebase --onto` magic, wrote a small note about it: arpit-saxena.com/git-rebase-o...
git rebase onto
Read more at git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Rebasing The basic premise is that I had a feature branch Feature1 and I branched off Feature2 branch from it.
arpit-saxena.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Loving git rebase more and more as I use it. Clean history ftw. Finally figured out `git rebase --onto` magic, wrote a small note about it: arpit-saxena.com/git-rebase-o...
I wish Framework laptops were available in India. I'll probably have to get a new laptop sometime this year or the next, and Framework would be the top choice for me
February 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I wish Framework laptops were available in India. I'll probably have to get a new laptop sometime this year or the next, and Framework would be the top choice for me
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It is very hard to accept, but it is no longer safe to move EU governments & societies to US clouds. Not only is it dangerous to do so, it is also likely flat out illegal in the near feature. We're trading convenience for utter dependence on a mad king. It should stop.
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds - Bert Hubert
The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds. Not only is it a terrible idea given the kind of things the “King o...
berthub.eu
February 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It is very hard to accept, but it is no longer safe to move EU governments & societies to US clouds. Not only is it dangerous to do so, it is also likely flat out illegal in the near feature. We're trading convenience for utter dependence on a mad king. It should stop.
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Started So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish. Pleasantly reminded by how good Douglas Adams is.
And yeah, agree about digital watches :p
And yeah, agree about digital watches :p
February 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Started So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish. Pleasantly reminded by how good Douglas Adams is.
And yeah, agree about digital watches :p
And yeah, agree about digital watches :p
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Writing code faster == better
I want to slow things down to constantly perform quality checks and refactor. Review the little things and big things as you go, not just at the end.
How many people read code files from top to bottom after a change? I do!
I want to slow things down to constantly perform quality checks and refactor. Review the little things and big things as you go, not just at the end.
How many people read code files from top to bottom after a change? I do!
January 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Writing code faster == better
I want to slow things down to constantly perform quality checks and refactor. Review the little things and big things as you go, not just at the end.
How many people read code files from top to bottom after a change? I do!
I want to slow things down to constantly perform quality checks and refactor. Review the little things and big things as you go, not just at the end.
How many people read code files from top to bottom after a change? I do!
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I've come to the realisation that, in my personal projects, I basically never want them to be "production-ready". Because I really want to get into the root, fundamental stuff, there is always going to be a well established thing that people should use instead.
I just want to know how it works.
I just want to know how it works.
January 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I've come to the realisation that, in my personal projects, I basically never want them to be "production-ready". Because I really want to get into the root, fundamental stuff, there is always going to be a well established thing that people should use instead.
I just want to know how it works.
I just want to know how it works.
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Courtesy: Android Studio
January 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Courtesy: Android Studio
High Performance Browser Networking time. Reading mobile networks now, feel like writing things in a thread as I read:
January 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
High Performance Browser Networking time. Reading mobile networks now, feel like writing things in a thread as I read:
Reading High Performance Browser Networking's chapter on TLS:
December 8, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Reading High Performance Browser Networking's chapter on TLS:
Reading High Performance browser networking, a thread of tidbits
December 7, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Reading High Performance browser networking, a thread of tidbits
The Bandwidth Delay Product is the product of bandwidth and the *round trip* time. It signifies the amount of data in flight in a network.
I don't understand why it's using the round trip time? If I send some data, it will stay in flight for half the RTT.
I don't understand why it's using the round trip time? If I send some data, it will stay in flight for half the RTT.
December 7, 2024 at 10:43 AM
The Bandwidth Delay Product is the product of bandwidth and the *round trip* time. It signifies the amount of data in flight in a network.
I don't understand why it's using the round trip time? If I send some data, it will stay in flight for half the RTT.
I don't understand why it's using the round trip time? If I send some data, it will stay in flight for half the RTT.
The void pointer can never be escaped. After writing a fair amount it at work, looking at `*const ()` in smol-rs's internals is spooky.
November 28, 2024 at 3:53 AM
The void pointer can never be escaped. After writing a fair amount it at work, looking at `*const ()` in smol-rs's internals is spooky.
smol's (github.com/smol-rs/smol) logo is really cool, cute and on point
GitHub - smol-rs/smol: A small and fast async runtime for Rust
A small and fast async runtime for Rust. Contribute to smol-rs/smol development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:57 PM
smol's (github.com/smol-rs/smol) logo is really cool, cute and on point
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Who does Learn in Public too? What does it mean for you?
November 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Who does Learn in Public too? What does it mean for you?
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Anthropic released an interesting thing today: an attempt at a standard protocol for LLM tools to talk to services that provide tools and extra context to be used other the models modelcontextprotocol.io
Introduction - Model Context Protocol
Get started with the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
modelcontextprotocol.io
November 25, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Anthropic released an interesting thing today: an attempt at a standard protocol for LLM tools to talk to services that provide tools and extra context to be used other the models modelcontextprotocol.io
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Donald Knuth on the rewards of computer programming
November 20, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Donald Knuth on the rewards of computer programming
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I wanted to try and collect my thoughts about Bluesky in one place. I think Bluesky is fascinating, but I also worry about many parts of it. If it becomes the new "Twitter", I think I'm OK with that, but I'll be very quick to cut the cord if it ever starts sucking.
anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/m...
anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/m...
Maybe Bluesky has “won”
November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I...
anderegg.ca
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I wanted to try and collect my thoughts about Bluesky in one place. I think Bluesky is fascinating, but I also worry about many parts of it. If it becomes the new "Twitter", I think I'm OK with that, but I'll be very quick to cut the cord if it ever starts sucking.
anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/m...
anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/m...
If the data in the ATmosphere is public, can't all of it be used for training by anyone? I guess it not being in control of any single entity is the point? Might have missed the point completely here
November 15, 2024 at 5:34 PM
If the data in the ATmosphere is public, can't all of it be used for training by anyone? I guess it not being in control of any single entity is the point? Might have missed the point completely here
Great post, also check out rmoff.net/2023/07/19/b... by @rmoff.net
Both these posts link to the lecture m.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIz.... This was so good, so many nuggets of information in there. Will definitely try to keep in mind next time I'm writing.
Both these posts link to the lecture m.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIz.... This was so good, so many nuggets of information in there. Will definitely try to keep in mind next time I'm writing.
November 6, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Great post, also check out rmoff.net/2023/07/19/b... by @rmoff.net
Both these posts link to the lecture m.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIz.... This was so good, so many nuggets of information in there. Will definitely try to keep in mind next time I'm writing.
Both these posts link to the lecture m.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIz.... This was so good, so many nuggets of information in there. Will definitely try to keep in mind next time I'm writing.