The kinds of databases: • Fancy files • 1970s stays winning • This would be so cool if it worked at scale • Oh, that's why google has a monopoly on search

I've been playing around with backfill a lot. Dan's tool is giving me 40-50k records per second now. Increasingly leaning toward "capture the backfill in an LSM or similar" and then build your database from that

The recent discourse just goes to show how wise Apple was to never release a product called the “Pie.” Real industry foresight.

What if we rotated what we give every november, like the zodiac animals. This year it's thanks. Next year it's grief. Then strength. etc

Which holiday is objectively the best holiday and why is New Years Eve?

I'll say it: I think Christmas has an ego problem

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alex benzer (@alexbenzer.com)

booo

If everything is a top priority, then everything gets done quickly. That's basic management

If you ever have a chance to see Noises Off on stage, go see it. It is one of the most fun plays ever written RE:

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Katie Mack (@astrokatie.com)

Airplane! is definitely being cheated here. Also the list doesn’t include Noises Off! which remains the funniest movie I’ve ever seen

Initial reviews of the new atproto typescript SDK (which is still in beta) are in RE:

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Eli Mallon (@iame.li)

Seems like a really solid improvement overall! I opened a few bugs but we mostly got it working for our use case with minimal fuss, I like that the...