Ideas, thoughts and all the engineering management.https://vertexclique.github.io/https://vertexclique.github.io/blog/fitting-a-query-engine-in-three-cache-lines/https://vertexclique.github.io/blog/fitting-a-query-engine-in-three-cache-lines/Why the bytecode that powers your analytical queries is smaller than a tweet, and why that matters more than you think.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://vertexclique.github.io/blog/kovan-from-prod-to-mr/https://vertexclique.github.io/blog/kovan-from-prod-to-mr/How years of building production concurrent systems led to implementing Crystalline, a wait-free memory reclamation scheme that eliminates tail latency and unbounded memory growth.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://vertexclique.github.io/blog/halberd-join-system/https://vertexclique.github.io/blog/halberd-join-system/Joining massive local datasets is the Achilles' heel of on-premise AI and lakehouse strategies. Discover how the Halberd join system conquers this challenge, unlocking insights without data leakage.Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://vertexclique.github.io/blog/morsels-compilation-people/https://vertexclique.github.io/blog/morsels-compilation-people/Why and why now?Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT