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by ff4 11mo ago
They already had PostgreSQL (with its strong ACID guarantees) in place, yet the design introduces eventual consistency via MongoDB for reads—without a compelling justification. A DBA could have optimized those PostgreSQL queries to single-d
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by ff4 1y ago
MySQL compatibility documentation https://planetscale.com/docs/vitess/troubleshooting/mysql-co... exists, it's not clear how that translates. I anticipate that even with a Postgres protocol, the practica
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by ff4 1y ago
PlanetScale's move is intriguing, but sharding data across nodes is where the real challenge lies. Are the trade-offs similar to Vitess with MySQL, or does Postgres's feature richness complicate things further? When data grows bey
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by ff4 1y ago
I’ve got a system that I think could smooth things out for your team, especially since developers and management/biz people seem to be working on totally different wavelengths. Let me break it down for you in a chill way and explain wh
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by ff4 1y ago
The tariffs on foreign films aren't just about economics. They're a lever to reshape culture. Trump seems to bet that studios, squeezed by costs, will trade progressive themes for conservative ones to align with his base. It'
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by ff4 1y ago
Not special, just compliance. TAX laws require receipts as text, stored in write-once memory for audits. You can read, reprint, whatever...
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by ff4 1y ago
Google offering Gemini 2.5 Pro for free, enough to ditch OpenAI, reminds me of an old tactic. Microsoft gained control in the '90s by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows for free, undercutting Netscape’s browser. This leveraged Win
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by ff4 2y ago
Yesterday is black. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today blink. Let us begin. https://wektu.com/