techtom.hashnode.devbuilding "getMe" - IICompaction in detail Phase 1: Distilling Live Data with Map-Reduce The first step of compaction is to figure out which data is still "live" across all the old, inactive segments. We achieve this using the same powerful Map-Reduce pattern employed dur...Nov 13, 2025·14 min read
techtom.hashnode.devbuilding "getMe" - I“Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves." — Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web In the digital era, the world is defined with data. From daily commute to the global markets, every event, every action, a...Nov 13, 2025·16 min read
techtom.hashnode.devdigital consciousness spans platforms: IINote: If you haven’t already, do check out the previous segment here. Mobile Unlike a desktop or web environment where an application has ample resources and a stable state, a mobile OS treats your application as a temporary guest in a highly resourc...Jul 16, 2025·17 min read
techtom.hashnode.devdigital consciousness spans platforms: IThe manner in which we consume digital information spans platforms, i.e. web browsers, desktop applications, mobile applications, digital watches, smart TVs, gaming consoles, etc. You must have often learned that so and so software or so and so game ...Jul 16, 2025·22 min read
techtom.hashnode.deveverything everywhere postgres.The world revolves around data. Economies are driven on data, intelligence is shaped on data, conglomerates rise and fall on data and most importantly, social mindset is constructed on data, whether by the consumer or not. You need to persist the ing...Jun 27, 2025·17 min read
