Stories by signa11

On Graph Computing

The Impatient Programmer

The Wisdom of the Exile

A better x86 memory model: x86-TSO [pdf]

Knowledge Isn’t Power

Log Structured Merge Trees

Log Structured Merge Trees

Super Cheap Data Backups with Amazon Glacier Storage

A nice-looking with statement in C

CPU Flame Graphs

How much do __builtin_expect(), likely(), and unlikely() improve performance?

Embrace, extend, extinguish: How Google crushed and abandoned the RSS industry

Is two to the power of infinity more than infinity?

New Artificial Lighting Tricks Human Brain into Seeing Sunlight

Mars One Selects the Final 100

From Mathematics to Generic Programming

Using Computer Vision to Improve EEG Signals

Sketching data structures

A Look at Nanomsg and Scalability Protocols

Tin cans, can openers and solar power: explaining the snail’s pace of innovation