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I've always thought it would be interesting to apply this sort of approach to health data. I own my data and control where it's stored and how it's accessed. And hospitals anywhere…

DSQL uses an internal service, Journal[1], for its mutli-region writes. [1]: https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/05/just-make-it-sc...

I’m really interested to hear about the technical changes that needed to happen to make this work.

I took a similar approach with LaTeX, where I have a GitHub workflow [0] that regenerates my resume on commit. [0] https://github.com/tneely/resume/blob/main/.github/workflows...

Yeah that's fair - it doesn't need to be cryptographic. But someone back in the day decided MD5 was what they wanted and it stuck. It always raises alarms with pen testers and secu…

We still see heavy use of MD5 in genomics as well. It's effectively used to generate a single identifier that can be used to reference a specific genome assembly. There have been d…

I'm quite curious about this too - both from a cost and performance perspective. If S3 Express is close enough to EFS on these metrics, then I'd say it wins out due to the sheer ub…

I’ve effectively worked on greenfield projects my entire time at Amazon: 1. New service within Prime to handle GDPR and other compliance related matters 2. Opensource CLI tooling 3…

I feel like this should be inverted: make friends with those who live near you. I understand we can’t be friends with everyone, but chances are there’s 3-4 people in your immediate…

While I agree it doesn’t matter much 1-2 jobs into your career, Ivies are really good at getting you through that first door. I wouldn’t be surprised if that MIT degree got someone…

I like to start with Skeleton CSS or similar, strip out all the column stuff, and just rely on grid and flexbox to build the layout.

Ruling can be found here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-285_q8l1.pdf

> It is generally accepted that long-term memory (LTM) is encoded as alterations in synaptic strength. > RNA from a trained animal might be capable of producing learning-like behav…

Facebook, maybe. Social media? No way. I feel the connections it brings us, or helps us maintain, are too important to lose. If Facebook can't do it right, someone else will step u…

It's updated now.

What can be done to mitigate the risk of handoffs? This seems like something we can use technology to solve.