mutuus

Computing primitives drawn from biology

What if software could self-heal, adapt to workloads, and gracefully degrade like living systems? Mutuus explores that question through data structures, operational strategies, and coordination patterns inspired by biology.

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Research

Papers, primers, and case studies exploring bio-inspired computing primitives.

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Library

Biological computing primitives with interfaces, benchmarks, and documentation.

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Applications

Real-world case studies showing biological primitives in production systems.

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Organic Structures

Data structures with biological counterparts, formally specified and benchmarked

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Diatom frustule (silica-shell microalgae)benchmarked

Diatom Bitmap

Counterpart to Roaring Bitmap (alternative)

Mycelial networks (fungal transport meshes)benchmarked

Mycelial Cache

Counterpart to LRU / LFU / ARC Cache Eviction

Nacre (mother-of-pearl)benchmarked

Nacre Array

Counterpart to Dynamic Array / Vec (alternative)

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See It In Action

Watch biological primitives adapt, compress, and self-organize in real time.

Nacre Array Compression Simulation

Watch a Nacre Array partition elements into hot, warm, and cold tiles in real time. Cold segments compress into dense storage while hot segments remain instantly accessible.

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Latest Research

white-paper2026-03-24

Nacre Array: A Segmented Dynamic Array with Thermal State Management and Structural Fracture Planes

B. D. Phillips

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