Most software architectures assume the system is static. DiSE assumes the system is alive.
Note: This is Part 4 in the "Cooking with DiSE" series. See Part 1, Part 2: Graduated Apprenticeships, and...
Monday, 08 December 2025 12:00
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15 minute read
Scrapers are about to start using AI to mimic real users - so I built a bot detector that learns, adapts, and fights back.
Read Part 2: How Bots Got Smarter - The New Frontier in Bot Detection
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Monday, 08 December 2025 07:00
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17 minute read
By someone who can't stop analysing patterns, even their own.
As the category says, this is a far more personal essay than my usual work. I don't mind if you skip it...but if it resonates leave a...
Sunday, 07 December 2025 12:00
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10 minute read
PostgreSQL's ltree extension gives you materialised paths with database-native superpowers: GiST indexes, specialised operators like @> and <@, and powerful pattern matching. If you're committed to...
Saturday, 06 December 2025 09:50
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15 minute read
Nested sets encode the entire tree structure into just two integers per node - Left and Right boundaries from a depth-first walk. Finding all descendants becomes a simple range query, and ORDER BY...
Saturday, 06 December 2025 09:40
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16 minute read
Materialised paths store the complete ancestry as a delimited string - like /1/3/7/ - making ancestors instantly readable without any joins. Perfect for breadcrumb generation and human-readable...
Saturday, 06 December 2025 09:30
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14 minute read
Closure tables precompute and store every ancestor-descendant relationship, trading storage space for blazing-fast reads. This is the approach this blog uses for its comment system - when reads vastly...
Saturday, 06 December 2025 09:20
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16 minute read
The adjacency list is the simplest and most intuitive approach to storing hierarchical data - each row just points to its parent. It's what most developers reach for first, and for shallow trees with...
Saturday, 06 December 2025 09:10
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11 minute read
Hierarchical data is everywhere in software development: threaded comments, organisational charts, file systems, product categories, and forum discussions. The eternal question of "how do I store a...
Saturday, 06 December 2025 09:00
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8 minute read
Here's an uncomfortable truth that nobody in the AI hype machine wants to discuss: We still don't know what intelligence actually is.
Not in humans. Not in animals. And certainly not in machines.
This...
Friday, 05 December 2025 14:30
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21 minute read
