Stories by softwaredoug

Pure Python implementation of LSH nearest neighbors search

Where does bad code come from? [video]

The only unbreakable law [video] (2022)

Popcount CPU instruction (2019)

Pure Bash Bible (2018)

Ask HN: How do you incrementally stage PRs for a larger feature in Git/GitHub?

Ask HN: Bulk Download Voicemails?

The Wrong Feedback Loop

Show HN: Attend – preserve focus by discouraging task switching in OSX

Ask HN: What apps do you use to focus?

Other hard things of software engineering

“Lucene HNSW is the future and (pure) vector DB vendors are in trouble.”

The Spectrum of Anger

Alignment > Autonomy

Vector search in Elasticsearch: The rationale behind the design

Why search orgs fail (and occasionally succeed)

The away team model at Amazon (2022)

Inner Source Commons

Don’t let cynicism undermine your workplace

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