Interjected Future

Information-rich Cache

I was surprised to learn that different stacks of software all do some type of computational analysis to better do its job. The CPU does it to figure out how to pipeline instructions. Compilers do it to feed CPUs better set of instructions. Front-end frameworks do it to figure out

programming

Imagining a sample TodoMVC with an immutable database

As an exercise to see what the developer experience might look like, I outlined what it might look like for a React-like single-page app. The app that's outlined below is a variation on the TodoMVC.

programming

The state management library front-ends are looking for is a database

State is a cross-cutting concern. Weak equivalence hinders re-rendering. Distance between code and data breeds complexity. State transitions need linear traces.

Persistent Data Structure Redux

This is a review of all the resources I found and learned about persistent data structures in the course of looking for a solution for maintaining state. Complexity from maintaining stateOne of the hard things about programming is how to maintain and manage state, especially at scale. In interactive programs,

programming

Compiling Composable Reactivity

What if the changes to the input result in state changes that can't be computed fast enough to keep the user interface snappy for an interactive program? Reactivity to the rescue. It's a way to drastically reduce the amount of computation required to compute an output given a change to the input.

web

The Broken Half of Interactive Programs

While most front-ends today have largely agreed on the design of the rendering subsystem, we seem to be grappling with design of the interactive subsystem.

web

Destroyed at the Boundaries

Shared mutable state invites complexity into our programs. Programming languages help with this complexity inside a program, but not across network boundaries between programs.

retro review

Year in Review

A review of the wanderings in 2021, and a focus for 2022.

pipeline

Easy Backfilling with Hooks and Components

I implemented a backfill mechanism with the basic hooks, so when the pipeline is brought back up after some downtime, it'll not only do its job of ingesting new blocks for interest rates, but it will also see how many of the last 128 blocks it missed and ingest those.

cryptocurrency

What are DeFi's Prospects?

In the last couple of years, people have been building a global, open alternative to every financial products you use today, accessible to anyone in the world with a smartphone and internet connection.

pipeline

Hooks for Pipelines

I decided to write my own version of React, but for the purposes of building ETL backends for small to medium workloads.

cryptocurrency

NFTs unbundle ownership from enjoyment

If you view NFTs as a progression of the unbundling of ownership and enjoyment, the enjoyment got digitized first. And now, we're seeing ownership being digitized. But digital ownership is kinda weird because it had digital properties like low cost to store and distribute, yet it's scarce.