Cal Paterson
@calpaterson.bsky.social
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Software engineer and blogger
I wrote a new blogpost arguing against dependency cooldowns https://
calpaterson.com/deps.html
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Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider
Against dependency cooldowns as a response to supply chain attacks
https://calpaterson.com/deps.html
about 2 months ago
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"Disregard that!" attacks - why you shouldn't share a context window with others
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"Disregard that!" attacks
Why you shouldn't share your context window with others
https://calpaterson.com/disregard.html
3 months ago
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There is an (unofficial) coffee morning for hacker news posters here in Helsinki this Sunday (16th). It's relaxed, not very startupy, just coffee and pastries. Fill out
bit.ly/helsinkihn
if you want to come
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Helsinki HN
Helsinki HN is an an unofficial bimonthly Hacker News meetup in Helsinki, Finland. It is open only to active HN participants with a registered account and at least 64 karma points. If you'd like to be...
https://bit.ly/helsinkihn
about 1 year ago
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In 2020 I wrote about security from the point of view of someone trying to park their bike
calpaterson.com/bicycle-thre...
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Threat modelling case study: bicycles
How to avoid buying your bike again every 6-12 months and tips for how to apply the same reasoning to other things, like computers
https://calpaterson.com/bicycle-threat-model.html
over 1 year ago
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In 2021 I wrote about Bank Python
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An oral history of Bank Python
The strange world of Python, as used by big investment banks
https://calpaterson.com/bank-python.html
over 1 year ago
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Being the Next Big Thing isn't always that profitable
calpaterson.com/porter.html
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Building LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant business
The Netscapes of AI
https://calpaterson.com/porter.html
over 1 year ago
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