Posts - Page 4
All the articles I've posted, page 4.
- 15 MIN READ•Mar 7, 2026
Perplexity Spaces (Now Projects), Memory, and File Limits
Perplexity Spaces are now Projects: up to 10,000 files and 5 GB each, 100 MB per file, 8,000-character instructions. Thread uploads are capped at 40 MB a file.
AI toolscontext managementprompt engineering - 15 MIN READ•Mar 7, 2026
Windsurf Flows vs MCP Servers: Context and MCP Config
Windsurf Flows track your edits and terminal; MCP servers add outside tools. In Devin Desktop (ex-Windsurf), MCP lives in ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json.
AI toolscontext managementprompt engineering - 14 MIN READ•Mar 7, 2026
Zed AI Context: Agent Panel, AGENTS.md, Rules, and MCP
Zed's Agent Panel loads one project instruction file (.rules first, then AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md), takes @-mentions as context, and adds MCP via context_servers.
AI toolscontext managementprompt engineering - 13 MIN READ•Mar 7, 2026
T3 Chat Guide: Models, $8 Plan, and Usage Limits
T3 Chat puts GPT-6, Claude, Gemini, and Kimi behind one picker for $8 a month. Long threads, files, and search cost more, so here is how to keep context lean.
AI toolscontext managementprompt engineering - 15 MIN READ•Mar 7, 2026
VS Code AI Context: Copilot, AGENTS.md, MCP, Cline, Continue
VS Code Copilot reads copilot-instructions.md and AGENTS.md, loads MCP from .vscode/mcp.json, and compacts long chats. Cline and Continue add their own rules.
AI toolscontext managementprompt engineering - 21 MIN READ•Mar 7, 2026
What Is MCP? Model Context Protocol and How Tools Connect
MCP is an open protocol that lets AI apps call tools and read data on servers over stdio or Streamable HTTP. How it works and how 17 AI tools connect to it.
AI toolscontext managementprompt engineering - 9 MIN READ•Apr 29, 2026
B-Tree vs LSM Tree: Database Indexing Tradeoffs Explained
B-trees balance reads and writes for OLTP, LSM trees trade read cost for write throughput, and bitmaps and zone maps speed analytics. Learn when to use each.
database indexing strategiesB-tree vs LSM treebitmap index - 28 MIN READ•May 22, 2026
Iceberg Catalogs Compared: REST, Glue, Hive, Polaris, Nessie
Iceberg catalogs track each table's current metadata file and make commits atomic. Compare REST, Glue, Hive, Nessie, Polaris, S3 Tables, and Snowflake Horizon.
apache icebergcatalogsNessie - 27 MIN READ•May 22, 2026
Iceberg MERGE INTO in Spark: Upserts, Copy-on-Write vs MoR
Run Iceberg MERGE INTO, UPDATE, and DELETE in Spark with Iceberg 1.12.0, pick copy-on-write or merge-on-read per operation, and evolve schemas without rewrites.
apache sparkapache icebergdata engineering - 18 MIN READ•May 24, 2026
Polaris vs Unity Catalog vs Glue: Pick an Iceberg Catalog
Use Apache Polaris for open multi-engine Iceberg, Unity Catalog for mixed Delta and Iceberg, or AWS Glue for an AWS-only stack. Features and tradeoffs compared.
Apache Iceberg CatalogIceberg Rest CatalogApache Polaris - 16 MIN READ•May 24, 2026
Semantic Layers for Text-to-SQL: Dremio vs Cortex vs dbt
In dbt Labs' 2026 benchmark, a semantic layer lifted text-to-SQL accuracy to 98 to 100%. Compare Dremio, Snowflake Cortex Analyst, and the dbt Semantic Layer.
Semantic Layer Text-To-SqlDremio Semantic LayerSnowflake Cortex Analyst - 10 MIN READ•May 28, 2026
Top Agentic Analytics Tools 2026: Spotter, Genie, Tableau
ThoughtSpot Spotter, Databricks Genie, and Tableau Next compared as agentic analytics tools in 2026 on semantic depth, data access, governance, and openness.
Top Agentic Analytics Tools 2026