Metadata is in the eye of the beholder

snowden privacy surveillance nsa August 02, 2013 at 06:20 AM Emin Gün Sirer
Why the word "metadata" is meaningless.

How the Snowden Saga will End

snowden privacy surveillance nsa August 01, 2013 at 10:20 PM Emin Gün Sirer
A framework for reasoning about how the Snowden revelations will impact online society.

Introducing Virtual Notary

virtual notary witness bitcoin release June 20, 2013 at 09:05 AM Emin Gün Sirer
Introducing Virtual Notary, a free, novel service for attesting to online facts.

Inside HyperLevelDB

leveldb hyperleveldb June 17, 2013 at 04:09 PM Robert Escriva
The HyperDex team recently released HyperLeveldb, a high performance fork of Google's LevelDB. We'll look inside the key changes made within HyperLevelDB that improve its performance.

Back to Blogging

events meta bank example June 08, 2013 at 01:10 PM Emin Gün Sirer
Back to blogging after a short quiescent period, to give time for eventual consistency to catch up.

What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly

yahoo tech March 26, 2013 at 10:10 AM Emin Gün Sirer
Wherein I summarize the hidden message behind Yahoo's purchase of Summly.

The Consistency Alphabet Soup

consistency nosql March 23, 2013 at 03:10 PM Emin Gün Sirer
There are many conflicting definitions for Consistency. This post provides a clear definition for each, without rehashing any tired old arguments about eventual consistency.

Rules of Engagement, Part 1

philosophy meta March 22, 2013 at 02:20 PM Emin Gün Sirer
Some basic rules for a fruitful technical discussion on a topic where emotions run high.

Stop Your Whining About Google Reader

google reader rss narcissism March 17, 2013 at 03:30 PM Emin Gün Sirer
Google Reader's demise is not the end of the Internet, or RSS. All will be well. I provide some constructive suggestions for the people who are upset over this.

You Might Be A Data Radical

partition-oblivious partition-tolerant March 08, 2013 at 02:10 PM Emin Gün Sirer
More thoughts on the difference between partition-oblivious and partition-tolerant data stores.