Cal Paterson

Building LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant business

Is Tesla really more valuable than Toyota?

S3 is files, but not a filesystem

Take the tools out of 'Data', but don't take the data out of the tools

There aren't that many uses for blockchains

An oral history of Bank Python

It looks like a product but is secretly a subscription

No general method to detect fraud

We were promised Strong AI, but instead we got metadata analysis

Staying out of TTL hell

Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does it matter?

Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400%

Threat modelling case study: bicycles

Async Python is not faster

The argument against clearing the database between tests

The troublesome "Active Record" pattern

Applying mypy to real world projects

The Amazon premium

How a SQL database works

Non-relational bear-traps

The Lycurgus cup

Not wasting time with version control

How to configure pip for fast installs of C code libraries

My preferred agile heuristic

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