Writing by Viksit Gaur

June 05, 2012

Judy trees

The Achilles heel of a simple digital tree is very poor memory utilization, especially when the N in N-ary (the degree or fanout of each branch) increases. Enter the Judy Tree. The Judy tree design was able to solve this problem. In fact a Judy tree…

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October 06, 2011

Here's to the crazy ones

I never had the privilege of meeting Steve Jobs. And yet, on hearing the news today, it felt like someone very close to me had died. As someone I’ve followed from ever since I can remember – growing up listening to the stories of his showmanship and…

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May 11, 2011

NBDJS?

For all of you who land on this site using the google query “nbdjs” – it stands for “No Big Deal, Just Saying”. Courtesy of an ex Stanford post doc who shall go unnamed – you know who you are! :) -- If you have any questions or thoughts, don't…

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March 04, 2011

Mark Twain on Whiskey and Civilization

I found this gem of a snippet today, and I rather agree with what it says! “How solemn and beautiful is the thought that the earliest pioneer of civilization, the van-leader of civilization, is never the steamboat, never the railroad, never the…

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December 08, 2010

Reading Java properties file in Clojure

A simple and effective way to read properties files in Clojure, since they transform into Clojure maps! Next, to actually read this in, using atoms to swap the values like this seems to work, -- If you have any questions or thoughts, don't hesitate…

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