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About the author

Hi there!

My name is Roman Kashitsyn. I’m a software engineer at ChainLink Labs, where I work on ccip. Before ChainLink Labs, I did hard-core software engineering at dfinity and worked on large-scale distributed systems at Google.Shopping and Yandex.Maps.

About this website

This website is my blog. It doesn’t necessarily reflect the views of my employer. If you want to report an issue with this website or have constructive feedback, open an issue on GitHub.

What does mmap mean?

Mmap stands for memory-mapped file I/O. This ancient technology is a beam of light in the murk of the modern technological world darkened by unnecessary complexity and layers of abstractions. I like mmap so much that I called my blog after it.