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Building Database Layer in OCaml: From UUID v7 to Standardized Error Handling

A comprehensive sprint retrospective documenting the implementation of a near-production-ready database and service layer using OCaml, Caqti, UUID v7, and standardized error handling for the Chaufr MVP

31 Aug 2025

Chukwuma Akunyili

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How I fixed Slipshow's worst flaw using OCaml and a monad

Rewriting the Slipshow engine from JavaScript to OCaml allowed me to fix an embarassing set of bugs, in an elegant way. This is the story of it!

21 Feb 2025

panglesd on his personal website

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Ocaml to PostgreSQL: Building Dynamic Queries with Type Safety

Learn how we implemented dynamic query execution in PostgreSQL for our Audit Trail feature, balancing type safety and performance.

28 Dec 2023

Terrateam Blog

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Petrol: embedding a type-safe SQL API in OCaml using GADTs

- Note taken on [2023-03-31 Fri 18:38] \\ Completed section on GADT based encoding CLOCK: [2023-03-31 Fri 17:10]-[2023-03-31 Fri 18:38] > 1:28 - Note taken on [2023-03-29 Wed 19:43] \\ - Completed section on a macro based approach CLOCK: [2023-03-29 Wed 18:00]-[2023-03-29 Wed 19:42] > 1:42 CLOCK: [2…

23 Mar 2023

Kiran Gopinathan

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OCaml 4.01.0 entering Rawhide

After using OCaml for around 10 years it is still my favourite language, and it’s amazing how far ahead of other programming languages it remains to this day. OCaml 4.01.0 was released on Thu…

14 Sep 2013

Richard Jones

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