[BOOKMARKS] Wavelength – division multiplexing
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Origins of Javascript and Why We Prefer “Let” Instead of “Var”
In the 1930s, Alonzo Church introduced Lambda calculus. It is a formal system for expressing mathematical logic and computations using functions. Long before computations were performed by machines, they were done by humans, and Lambda calculus helped formalize these processes in written form. Lambda calculus looks like this: λx.x*2 // function that takes input xx... » read more
Origins of Distributed Databases: Airlines and Telecommunications
Databases are used every day, and most of your day you are manipulating a database. When you buy from a shop: Then, you may use the parking, which probably again may have a database for the free spots. At the end, when you open your online GPS app to set your route, you are requesting... » read more
“Because I care about you” : Eliza, The First Chat Bot
[...]Input : "And why do you ask that?"Response : "Because I care about you." These lines mark one of the earliest recorded human-machine interactions in history. The program responsible for this exchange was Eliza, developed in 1967 at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum, as the pioneering chat bot aimed at simulating conversations with a human. Written... » read more
Origins of Key-Value Document Databases: NDB, the Hidden Gem from Plan 9
Plan 9 was a utopian operating system that failed. It’s vision was to make distributed computing an everyday thing by treating everything as a file. And when we say everything, we mean everything, so even the hardware of each computer – allowing you to share that hardware with other machines easily. Even though this sounds... » read more
CODE SAFARI : The Tragic Software Failure of Ariane Flight V88
On the 4th of June 2024, we mark 28 years since the tragic failure of Ariane flight V88. 28 years later, one can only imagine the mix of emotions that washed over the engineer tasked with uncovering and rectifying the seemingly innocuous error that led to such a colossal event.