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Announcing Sail Rust Book
First Pair Press announces Sail Rust Book, a source-linked edition for the JVM-free Sail and LakeSail ecosystem, delivered as PDF, EPUB, HTML readers, and an Obsidian Vault.
Alexy Khrabrov
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LakeCat: a thin Iceberg REST catalog with governance, lineage, and proof built in
What if a catalog gets out of the way but keeps track of everything? With type-level security built in.
history
Cicero and Atticus, a First Pair
How a Roman Friendship Invented the Modern Knowledge Network
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AI is Just a Unix Pipe
Small is beautiful, and AI is just another pipe!
Obsidian at San Zanipolo
Let us start syncing and writing. I would like also publish to Ghost from here!
cabos
Los Cabos!
Do it
pessoa
Pessoa
You're as smart as Fernando Pessoa.
life
Thinking about life
The things we do. They change.
Translating a History Book about Rio Grande with Codex
In addition to Computer Science, my lifelong interests include history and Italy, often overlapping. When we watched Il Gattopardo on Netflix, made after a recent Italian classic, it rekindled my interest in Garibaldi. In the US, there are many towns named after Garibaldi, who captured the imagination of Americans and
Learn Rust from Bespoke Books
In this post, I’ll show you an entirely new way to learn programming in technology domains — by coauthoring custom-made books with the same AI that you use to build your codebases. Codex Book Claude Book As a life-long founder and organizer of data, AI and programming conferences
Alexy interviews Sir Timothy Gowers on the Future of Math and AI
Interview recorded at Station F, Paris, at GOSIM AI on May 6, 2026. Alexy Khrabrov speaks with Sir Timothy Gowers, Fields Medal-winning mathematician, professor at the Collège de France and the University of Cambridge, and a leading voice on automatic theorem proving. The conversation covers how mathematicians actually discover
Alexy interviews Slava Tykhonov at CODATA
The Semantic Layer for Reliable AI Interview recorded in Paris, France, at the International Science Council and CODATA office. Alexy Khrabrov speaks with Slava Tykhonov, Head of AI at CODATA, about the semantic and trust infrastructure needed for reliable AI. The conversation covers CODATA's global policy role, Croissant,