Why We Gave Our AI Agent Orbital Memory Instead of a Vector Database
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Everyone's building RAG systems with vector DBs. We gave our AI a structured memory system that actually understands context.
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Deep dives into Almadar's architecture
View All TagsGuard Clauses in State Machines: Permission Systems That Actually Work
· 4 min read
Authorization logic scattered across your app? What if it was just... part of the state definition?
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Finite State Machines: The Most Underused Design Pattern in Frontend Development
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If you're using useState for complex UI, you're probably doing it wrong. There's a 50-year-old solution you're ignoring.
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The Closed Circuit Pattern: Why Your Users Get Stuck (And How to Prevent It)
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Ever opened a modal and couldn't close it? That's a broken circuit. We made it impossible to build those.
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S-Expressions: The JSON of Functional Programming (That Actually Makes Sense)
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Why we chose Lisp-style S-expressions over JSON for logic definition, and why you might too.
Everyone loves JSON, but when you need logic, you end up with string templates or JavaScript. What if your data format was your logic format?
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Schema-First Development: Why We Write JSON Before TypeScript
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What if you defined your entire application in a single JSON file before writing any component code?
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The IKEA Effect for Software: Why We Built Apps from Flat-Packs
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IKEA revolutionized furniture by making it composable, flat-packed, and assembly-friendly. What if software worked the same way?
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Understanding State Machines in Almadar
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State machines are at the heart of Almadar. In this post, we explore why we chose state machines as the foundation for application behavior.