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Sure, Presto/Trino has better market share, but Drill is still a useful project. I think the main issue is one of marketing - Presto has it, and Drill does not.

I honestly had no idea that Thunderbird was still around. It looks kind of... nice, actually.

I love seeing examples of people showing off a simple, purpose built solution. It's possible to do simple things quickly and with a small amount of code.

I have an idea for a new software business and an early prototype, but I do not know where to start looking for potential investors. I have plenty of engineering experience, but I …

The lack of a serverless option was the only reason that I did not use Cockroach on a recent project. I am excited to see the serverless offering now, and the architectural details…

This is a useful technique. I have used it in at least one application before. One of my favorite things about it is that you can use it even when you don't own the application wri…

I think those are very good points. In my opinion, the hoisting of packaging concerns from language-level and OS level was inevitable, and containers an an okay way to do that.

I am familiar with FreeBSD jails (and IMO, they are actually superior to Linux containers in most respects). My point is not so much that other systems don't have the tech to make …

When I started in software development, I was mostly working on monoliths. All dependencies were vendored or were expected to be dynamically linked on the system where they were de…

I love how the post is a demonstration of the practice it describes.

Author here. I have been developing Docker applications for years now, and while the experience is better than it used to be, it's still not great. I work for Deref, which is worki…

I am so excited to see this in print! I know that this was a ton of work, and I can't wait to get a paper copy. Nice work, Bob!