RESEARCH / ENGINEERING / NOTES
Between connections.
Notes on data, algorithms and turning an idea into an experiment.
01 / DATA ENGINEERING / 2026.09.14
From 125 million to 311.8 million:
what the full dataset actually contains.
Once the official table is on disk, the first task is understanding its scope. Rows, segmentation fragments and identified neurons are different quantities.
Read the note ↗EXPAND. SPARSIFY. VERIFY.50 → 2K → 100+
02 / ALGORITHM RESEARCH / 2026.09.14
Why FlyHash is not a cryptographic hash
Similarity search and proof of work need different properties. Start with what each algorithm does.
Read article ↗A SMALLER REPRESENTATION2.74 GB+
03 / ENGINEERING NOTES / 2026.09.14
88,384,522 fingerprints in 2.74 GB
Partitioned computation and a fingerprint dictionary make the full table practical on a workstation.
Read article ↗NO HYPE. JUST NOTES.
Each note describes actual code, data and observed results.