Unix-Philosophy

Everything is a File: Applying Unix Philosophy to Modern Data Management

How virtual filesystem interfaces turned my scattered data tools into navigable, composable systems

jsonl-algebra: Production-Grade Relational Algebra for Nested JSON

A production-ready implementation of relational algebra for JSONL data with full support for nested structures. jsonl-algebra brings dotsuite's dotrelate concepts to production with streaming operations, schema inference, and composable pipelines.

The Dot Ecosystem: From Simple Paths to Data Algebras

A mathematically grounded ecosystem of composable tools for manipulating nested data structures. From simple helper functions to sophisticated data algebras, guided by purity, pedagogy, and the principle of least power.

The Unix Philosophy and API Design

I keep coming back to the Unix philosophy: do one thing well, compose freely, use text streams.

This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a design principle that scales from command-line tools to library APIs to distributed systems.

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