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Graph Queries in a Unified Database: From Cypher to Posting Lists
by Jaepil Jeong | March 26, 2026
Graph databases solve relationship-heavy problems elegantly, but adding a separate graph system alongside your relational database creates operational complexity. We explain how Cognica integrates graph queries into its unified algebra, enabling Cypher and SQL to compose in a single transaction without data duplication.
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Building a Probabilistic Search Engine: Bayesian BM25 and Hybrid Search
by Jaepil Jeong | February 1, 2026
Modern search systems struggle to combine lexical matching with semantic understanding. We explore how we built a probabilistic ranking framework in Cognica Database that transforms BM25 scores into calibrated probabilities, enabling principled fusion of text and vector search results.
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JIT Toolchain: Building a Disassembler and CPU Emulator for Database Development
by Jaepil Jeong | January 19, 2026
The essential infrastructure that makes Copy-and-Patch JIT development and debugging practical. We explore the multi-architecture disassembler for validation and software CPU emulator for cross-platform testing and debugging.
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Copy-and-Patch JIT: Achieving Native Code Performance with Microsecond Compilation
by Jaepil Jeong | January 17, 2026
How Cognica Database Engine breaks the JIT compilation latency barrier. We explore Copy-and-Patch JIT compilation, a technique that achieves 2-10x speedup over interpretation while keeping compilation time under one millisecond per kilobyte of bytecode.


