WeblWabl
@whateverforever.computer
doing computer things @ Influxdata
I like cats and databases 🐱💽
I like cats and databases 🐱💽
Syscalls, memory allocation, and cache lines oh my! If any of that sounds interesting to you check out my post on jemalloc whateverforever.computer/blog/jemallo...
jemalloc
whateverforever.computer
June 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Syscalls, memory allocation, and cache lines oh my! If any of that sounds interesting to you check out my post on jemalloc whateverforever.computer/blog/jemallo...
I wrote up a little post on using tpchgen-rs (the best way to generate TPC-H benchmark data on a Pi whateverforever.computer/blog/tpchgen...
tpchgen-rs on a raspberry pi
whateverforever.computer
May 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I wrote up a little post on using tpchgen-rs (the best way to generate TPC-H benchmark data on a Pi whateverforever.computer/blog/tpchgen...
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i got suspended on twitter its over
October 6, 2023 at 8:21 PM
i got suspended on twitter its over
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“on Thursday the [National Science Foundation]’s online payment system was still down, throwing lives into uncertainty. An NSF email seen by STAT suggested salaries had been suspended to “ensure only eligible activities” are funded.” www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“on Thursday the [National Science Foundation]’s online payment system was still down, throwing lives into uncertainty. An NSF email seen by STAT suggested salaries had been suspended to “ensure only eligible activities” are funded.” www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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December 1, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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Updates for my database starter pack and list:
- Added @clickhouse.com
- Added @memgraph.com
Welcome to join the bluesky, let's rock!
go.bsky.app/Nd8hieE
- Added @clickhouse.com
- Added @memgraph.com
Welcome to join the bluesky, let's rock!
go.bsky.app/Nd8hieE
November 20, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Updates for my database starter pack and list:
- Added @clickhouse.com
- Added @memgraph.com
Welcome to join the bluesky, let's rock!
go.bsky.app/Nd8hieE
- Added @clickhouse.com
- Added @memgraph.com
Welcome to join the bluesky, let's rock!
go.bsky.app/Nd8hieE
Interesting website for those who are programming literate but not so math literate math4devs.com
List of mathematical symbols with their JavaScript equivalent.
math4devs.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Interesting website for those who are programming literate but not so math literate math4devs.com
When I volunteer to fix a legacy bug within our compaction engine at work
November 19, 2024 at 8:44 PM
When I volunteer to fix a legacy bug within our compaction engine at work
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Atproto nerds, what cool things have you seen people in the community do that could use a shoutout or some help? Boost for reach!
November 18, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Atproto nerds, what cool things have you seen people in the community do that could use a shoutout or some help? Boost for reach!
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Three basic suggestions for getting into distributed systems
- Read DDIA
- Follow MIT 6.5840
- Do fly dot io distributed systems challenge
(no particular order)
- Read DDIA
- Follow MIT 6.5840
- Do fly dot io distributed systems challenge
(no particular order)
November 18, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Three basic suggestions for getting into distributed systems
- Read DDIA
- Follow MIT 6.5840
- Do fly dot io distributed systems challenge
(no particular order)
- Read DDIA
- Follow MIT 6.5840
- Do fly dot io distributed systems challenge
(no particular order)
She wants to travel
November 17, 2024 at 4:02 PM
She wants to travel
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Now that "scale is all we need" has predictably faltered...
1. Small AI models often perform better in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture.
Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
1. Small AI models often perform better in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture.
Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
Hype, Sustainability, and the Price of the Bigger-is-Better Paradigm in AI
With the growing attention and investment in recent AI approaches such as large language models, the narrative that the larger the AI system the more valuable, powerful and interesting it is is increa...
arxiv.org
November 17, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Now that "scale is all we need" has predictably faltered...
1. Small AI models often perform better in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture.
Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
1. Small AI models often perform better in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture.
Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
TIL; Complete binary trees can be modeled by arrays with implemented indexing algorithms to find nodes: opendsa-server.cs.vt.edu/ODSA/Books/C...
This started out as a small project where I'm implementing huffman codes, but, like any other programming project ya'know I gotta over-engineer.
This started out as a small project where I'm implementing huffman codes, but, like any other programming project ya'know I gotta over-engineer.
7.16. Array Implementation for Complete Binary Trees — CS3 Data Structures & Algorithms
opendsa-server.cs.vt.edu
November 14, 2024 at 3:19 AM
TIL; Complete binary trees can be modeled by arrays with implemented indexing algorithms to find nodes: opendsa-server.cs.vt.edu/ODSA/Books/C...
This started out as a small project where I'm implementing huffman codes, but, like any other programming project ya'know I gotta over-engineer.
This started out as a small project where I'm implementing huffman codes, but, like any other programming project ya'know I gotta over-engineer.
What do people hack on in their free time? I’m currently working on a Huffman compression library to play around with prefix trees.
November 11, 2024 at 8:34 PM
What do people hack on in their free time? I’m currently working on a Huffman compression library to play around with prefix trees.
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God grant me the serenity to accept I am cooked,
The courage to say fuck it we ball,
And the wisdom to know when we are so back
The courage to say fuck it we ball,
And the wisdom to know when we are so back
November 11, 2024 at 2:24 AM
God grant me the serenity to accept I am cooked,
The courage to say fuck it we ball,
And the wisdom to know when we are so back
The courage to say fuck it we ball,
And the wisdom to know when we are so back
Trying to reach some mutuals!
Things I’m interested in:
Rust
Go
C++
Computer Science
Anime
Progressivism
Databases
Big data
Compilers
Programming
I work in the database internals space —specifically OLAP and love chatting anything that has to with systems programming!
Things I’m interested in:
Rust
Go
C++
Computer Science
Anime
Progressivism
Databases
Big data
Compilers
Programming
I work in the database internals space —specifically OLAP and love chatting anything that has to with systems programming!
November 10, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Trying to reach some mutuals!
Things I’m interested in:
Rust
Go
C++
Computer Science
Anime
Progressivism
Databases
Big data
Compilers
Programming
I work in the database internals space —specifically OLAP and love chatting anything that has to with systems programming!
Things I’m interested in:
Rust
Go
C++
Computer Science
Anime
Progressivism
Databases
Big data
Compilers
Programming
I work in the database internals space —specifically OLAP and love chatting anything that has to with systems programming!