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   Bootstrapping a SQL catalog on a flat key-value store(n8z.dev)

   4 points by nlz 4mo ago|1 comments
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   by nlz 4mo ago

   Hi! I'm building a database for fun, and I wanted to share how I bootstrapped my sql engine catalog on top of my storage engine.
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   by nlz 7mo ago

   Yes! This is a great idea. Thanks for mentioning it! GlueSQL could be another cool target too ( https://github.com/gluesql/gluesql ). I think there's a fun exploration in taking a storage engine and seeing if it&#x2
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   Show HN: I built an LSM storage engine from scratch in Rust(n8z.dev)

   3 points by nlz 7mo ago|2 comments
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   by nlz 7mo ago

   Great point — the causal vs mechanical distinction is a cleaner way to put it than what I wrote. Context chains preserve application-specific, causal information about what you were trying to do. Stack traces just tell you where code happen
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   Ow My Foot – Error Handling Across C, Go, Rust, and Google's Absl(n8z.dev)

   17 points by nlz 7mo ago|6 comments
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   by nlz 7mo ago

   Author here. I've been working with Rust more recently, and thinking through its error handling ecosystem led me down a rabbit hole comparing it to what I'd used before — C, Go, exceptions, and Google's Absl Status. The post