Lab notes #003 Database as Value in Depth

Wil

Sep 6, 2022 • 1 min read

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Lab notes #025 Split condition for Merkle Search Trees

I started outlining how to compose different CRDTs together to make an Immutable Conflict-free Resolution Relations [1] construction, based on the Merkle Search Tree. When designing it, I first tried sketching out the entire construction by drawing, but I was left confused. I wasn't sure if all the pieces actually

Wil Nov 27, 2023 • 3 min read

Lab Notes #024 Merkle DAGs and retrofitting into relational

I been reading various papers on CRDTs to deepen my understanding of them. That's when I happened upon a paper that constructed Merkle-CRDTs from Merkle-DAGs. Surprisingly, the internal merkle data structure of Git is like a vector clock. It establishes causal order of events from disparate parties to create a

Wil Nov 20, 2023 • 2 min read

Lab notes #022 SQL is the new QWERTY

SQL is the new QWERTY. It's a strong enough network effect that we'll have to keep living with it. I don't mind the declarative nature of SQL, but I do wish it was more composable and abstractable. While there is the WITH clause, it's not quite abstraction, because you're never

Wil Nov 13, 2023 • 2 min read

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