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akmodi

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About akmodi

Hey! I'm starting the Data Platform team at Notion. Previously I was at Uber for 4 years where I worked on Apache Spark, Hudi, and Parquet. I'm also a CS@Illinois alum. Let's grab a coffee sometime if you're in SF!

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    This a interesting article! How do you build the prefixes when multiple words share the same prefix? If my understanding is correct, the method is: 1. Find common search terms 2. F…

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    Ignore this. I misread your previous reply ( ̄ー ̄;

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    Ah got it thanks! And what's the consistency on the instances that serve reads? Super interested in this space since we're always looking for ways to evolve our pg!

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    Hey Nikita! I was just looking at the docs but I was a bit confused about what the various compute instances were doing. Do they all serve reads and writes? If so, is there data pa…

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    Notion | Head of Platform Engineering & Head of Product Engineering | San Francisco, CA Here at Notion, our work shapes our culture and our culture inspires our work. We seek to hi…

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    That's a neat insight. I think I knew it intuitively, but I had never put in a structured manner like that. Would a fair tldr be "you need to be willing to give hard feedback in or…

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    I was searching for research around the infection risk associated with various activities (outdoor vs indoor dining / gyms etc). Was hoping to see arguments motivated by contact-tr…

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    The Wikipedia page describes what happens when someone does call. I wonder if that was a priori knowledge or if the writer called to see what would happen and then shared his findi…