<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sachit Madaan · Writing</title><description>Notes on distributed systems, databases, and machine learning infrastructure.</description><link>https://sachitmadaan.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Program-analysis-guided PoC generation for FFmpeg</title><link>https://sachitmadaan.com/writing/guided-poc-generation-for-ffmpeg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sachitmadaan.com/writing/guided-poc-generation-for-ffmpeg/</guid><description>A year in the UCSB Verification Lab pointing PAGENT at FFmpeg. 33 working proof-of-concept inputs out of 69 vulnerabilities, and one bug that still reproduces today.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reading your own Postgres writes</title><link>https://sachitmadaan.com/writing/reading-your-own-postgres-writes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sachitmadaan.com/writing/reading-your-own-postgres-writes/</guid><description>Replica lag breaks read-your-writes, and pinning a session to the primary is just a guess. LSN fencing is the exact version.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>