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This web-site explores the idea that data has a dual nature - a stream (flow) and a particle (id) - an idea inspired from physics that light has the dual nature - wave and particle. It is collection of design notes on multiple, seemingly unrelated, topics that follow from this core assumption.

Calin Groza

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