Marie Rajan
@mariejacob.bsky.social
engineering, parenting, cooking, books, raleigh. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇮🇳
majacob.github.io
majacob.github.io
Yes, Pluribus is amazing, but I’m thoroughly binging on Bon Appetit Your Majesty - surprising K-drama on Joseon and Ming Dynasty cuisine, so thoroughly engaging for us, food fanatics.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Yes, Pluribus is amazing, but I’m thoroughly binging on Bon Appetit Your Majesty - surprising K-drama on Joseon and Ming Dynasty cuisine, so thoroughly engaging for us, food fanatics.
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Holy moly, what an acquisition
Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly moving forward with exclusive deal talks with Netflix
Netflix Wins the Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War, Enters Exclusive Deal Talks
Warner Bros. Discovery has selected Netflix after the streaming giant offered $30 a share for the studio and streaming assets.
www.thewrap.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Holy moly, what an acquisition
I know provenance & lineage have been researched to death in db academia. Has anything really taken off in industry practice?
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
With claude, you would think it would be easier to understand query plans for 500-line queries, but it’s just as confused as I am.
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
With claude, you would think it would be easier to understand query plans for 500-line queries, but it’s just as confused as I am.
Feeling nostalgic, remembering the days when most page loads took under a second…
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Feeling nostalgic, remembering the days when most page loads took under a second…
More on family games: Netflix quietly released their interactive games lineup last month, using your phone as a game controller. They’ve included things like Pictionary and Boggle which is a tremendous hit if you’re looking for a fun family/group social activity.
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
More on family games: Netflix quietly released their interactive games lineup last month, using your phone as a game controller. They’ve included things like Pictionary and Boggle which is a tremendous hit if you’re looking for a fun family/group social activity.
Husband recently bought this game, Klask, originally from Denmark, popular mostly in Europe - it is like a mini version of foosball with magnets. Six-year old has zero interest, but I have not been able to stop playing it.
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Husband recently bought this game, Klask, originally from Denmark, popular mostly in Europe - it is like a mini version of foosball with magnets. Six-year old has zero interest, but I have not been able to stop playing it.
“I’d rather not go down this rabbit hole today”
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“I’d rather not go down this rabbit hole today”
I know provenance & lineage have been researched to death in db academia. Has anything really taken off in industry practice?
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I know provenance & lineage have been researched to death in db academia. Has anything really taken off in industry practice?
IAM policies will be the death of me
September 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
IAM policies will be the death of me
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his infinite wisdom, understood type safety.
August 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his infinite wisdom, understood type safety.
await/async patterns in JS are so cumbersome and unintuitive… just let me chain on promises.
August 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
await/async patterns in JS are so cumbersome and unintuitive… just let me chain on promises.
One week with grandparents and 6-year old is grandmaster at rummy.
August 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
One week with grandparents and 6-year old is grandmaster at rummy.
Using 5 Whys for postmortems - I wonder what the success rate of this is to find RC
August 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Using 5 Whys for postmortems - I wonder what the success rate of this is to find RC
This poor little mite washed up on our parking lot during the crazy downpour yesterday in Raleigh.
August 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This poor little mite washed up on our parking lot during the crazy downpour yesterday in Raleigh.
Tuning claude.MD is a painful process… we need to distinguish times when determinism and precision are required vs fuzzy ambiguous instruction.
August 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Tuning claude.MD is a painful process… we need to distinguish times when determinism and precision are required vs fuzzy ambiguous instruction.
I’ve been watching the german show Dark on Netflix, and it’s the most mind-boggling thing I’ve seen in quite a while…
July 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I’ve been watching the german show Dark on Netflix, and it’s the most mind-boggling thing I’ve seen in quite a while…
I love taking pics of interesting old trees. This giant, Moreton Bay Fig tree, in Balboa park, San Diego, is about 110 years old, planted for the 1915 exposition in celebration of the Panama Canal.
#Happy4th
#Happy4th
July 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I love taking pics of interesting old trees. This giant, Moreton Bay Fig tree, in Balboa park, San Diego, is about 110 years old, planted for the 1915 exposition in celebration of the Panama Canal.
#Happy4th
#Happy4th
Whoa, two year non-competes in trading. If non-competes were not banned in California, I doubt SV would be where it’s at for innovation.
Jane street is creative in how it competes for talent 👏
Jane street is creative in how it competes for talent 👏
June 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Whoa, two year non-competes in trading. If non-competes were not banned in California, I doubt SV would be where it’s at for innovation.
Jane street is creative in how it competes for talent 👏
Jane street is creative in how it competes for talent 👏
Nice article. But, even without monetary/vc pressures, I wonder about the not-yet-enshittified unicorns - things like curl, sqllite, linux - unless Linus and the rest somehow live forever, the baton will pass to someone…
If I'm honest, I'm still not sure whether "evasive evitability" is the same word twice and am afraid to look it up
apenwarr.ca/log/20250530
apenwarr.ca/log/20250530
The evasive evitability of enshittification
Our company recently announced a fundraise. We were grateful for all
the community support, but the Internet also raised a few of its colle...
apenwarr.ca
June 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Nice article. But, even without monetary/vc pressures, I wonder about the not-yet-enshittified unicorns - things like curl, sqllite, linux - unless Linus and the rest somehow live forever, the baton will pass to someone…
It’s interesting to see what folks use for basic calculator:
- bc
- macOS spotlight
- iOS calculator
- google search
I myself keep switching between these.
- bc
- macOS spotlight
- iOS calculator
- google search
I myself keep switching between these.
June 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It’s interesting to see what folks use for basic calculator:
- bc
- macOS spotlight
- iOS calculator
- google search
I myself keep switching between these.
- bc
- macOS spotlight
- iOS calculator
- google search
I myself keep switching between these.
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Wish AI agents were better at reading maps? Now they can be! With access to the Mapbox MCP Server, any AI agent can generate maps, get directions, find points of interest, and more… 🤖🗺️💡
github.com/mapbox/mcp-s...
#BuiltWithMapbox #LLM #MCP #AIAssistants #ModelContextProtocol @anthropic.com
github.com/mapbox/mcp-s...
#BuiltWithMapbox #LLM #MCP #AIAssistants #ModelContextProtocol @anthropic.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Wish AI agents were better at reading maps? Now they can be! With access to the Mapbox MCP Server, any AI agent can generate maps, get directions, find points of interest, and more… 🤖🗺️💡
github.com/mapbox/mcp-s...
#BuiltWithMapbox #LLM #MCP #AIAssistants #ModelContextProtocol @anthropic.com
github.com/mapbox/mcp-s...
#BuiltWithMapbox #LLM #MCP #AIAssistants #ModelContextProtocol @anthropic.com
The little things count.
June 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The little things count.
Brush off all the liquid glass hype, the most glossed over thing is local llm access for app owners. Well done, .
June 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Brush off all the liquid glass hype, the most glossed over thing is local llm access for app owners. Well done, .