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Assorted NoSQL Thoughts: Git, Datomic, and Fact Accretion

Once upon a time, I worked for a company that loved SQL Server and normalized data. They loved normalization because it made their operational data store "alive", that is, no matter what data they cha…
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Stream processing using the Disruptor with C# and .NET

This was a blog post I wrote for my employer's blog back when I was a "consultant". In my last post I introduced the Disruptor pattern — a way of writing efficient, processor friendly code that is…
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Managing Process Efficiently: Intro to the Disruptor Pattern

This was a blog post I wrote for my employer's blog back when I was a "consultant". The Disruptor is, essentially, a scheduling strategy builder for multithreaded code. It stands out in the world o…