Wat is Mumps
A seldom-mentioned technology that powers healthcare and financial systems
By Maureen Daum
Exposition
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On Quitting
Thoughts from the in-between
By Maureen DaumI quit my job in March, and it was surprising to me just how difficult it was to quit despite it being abundantly clear that it was the right thing to do. I’ve always been annoyed with people who complain about their jobs but never did anything about it, and... [Read More] -
Evolving AI for Databases
How an approach like AlphaEvolve might be applied to databases
By Maureen DaumThis post was motivated by discussions at ICDE a few weeks ago, but between travel and moving and my normal levels of procrastination, it’s taken way too long to write up. It’s less polished than an optimistic-me imagined back in May, but it’s time to get my basic thoughts written... [Read More] -
Programming as Theory Building in a World of Vibe Coding
What AI tools need to deliver to unlock long-term productivity gains
By Maureen DaumIt’s been a long time since I’ve been excited to read a paper. I’m coming out of a period of burnout after wrapping up my Ph.D. and jumping back into industry. Thankfully things are coming back online after a few months of turning my brain off, and I was actually... [Read More] -
Debugging Python in VSCode
Set up and sample configs
By Maureen DaumI’m a big proponent of debugging in VSCode. Given that I end up re-setting it up for myself for new projects and sharing my configs with other people, I wanted to centralize my code snippets. [Read More]
Posts from blogs I follow
Federico, Federighi. Federighi, Federico.
Apple executives were a little light on substantial interviews last week, but a good one dropped today — Craig Federighi talking to Federico Viticci on the vast Mac-style windowing overhaul in iPadOS 26: “We don’t want to create a boat car or, you know…
via Daring Fireball June 19, 2025Variable fonts and italics across browsers
I’m a big fan of Atkinson Hyperlegible Next and Berkeley Mono (TX-02). It is my opinion that they both look great, unique, and provide valuable legibility features. I recently refactored this site to use the variable, web versions of these fonts. I was hap…
via Luke Hsiao's blog May 25, 202520 years of YC
I saw recently that YCombinator celebrated its 20th anniversary. Hacker News is slightly younger, but to me the two go hand in hand. As far as I can tell, I actively started reading Hacker News around 2011. I don’t remember how I heard about it. It was pro…
via ★❤✰ Vicki Boykis ★❤✰ March 17, 2025Generated by openring-rs