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mamcx
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About mamcx
Rust, F#, Swift, Python.
Experience building database engines and ERP software.
Open for work and contracts!
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Comment #49211596
And harder than that? Report the error , in a way that make some sense. This is compounded by the fact that you need the semantics involved, the environment (ie: everything on scop…
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Comment #49163568
Senior Rust / Database Engineer Also open to do custom software development! Location: Medellín, Colombia Remote: Yes! Willing to relocate: No Technologies: * System engineer: Rust…
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Comment #49160272
Maybe only an OS can be close to how MUCH deep you can go with a DB engine. And I bet DB engines can go far than normal OS. You don't know how much is still waiting for somebody to…
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Comment #49090720
The good reason for worry about it is the same for data grid, list, scrolls and any other UI component that loads arbitrary data . All UI, honestly, is only meaningful in what the …
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Comment #49090593
Reading the article show it talk about something else that build a "game engine" from scratch , what it says instead is *build a "engine"* to make the kind of games you will do ove…
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Comment #49085595
The Op identify well the problem and the idea of the solution but the implementation is typically dev oriented. A good example of the actual tool is FoxPro and similar (even better…
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Comment #49041379
So this is not inside a trigger but on the app connected to pg?
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Comment #49041062
Is the optimization only possible using dbos? is not clear to me if this mean a way to tune normal PG
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Comment #49013616
Is interesting that this is how array langs work. I bet will be easy to turn into a lib.
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Comment #48970649
AND shipping.
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Comment #48954148
This sound fantastic and Django is the main thing I miss from python. htmx+ tailwindcss is the one combo that is right and I use it so seeing is the direction give me hope. Some no…
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Comment #48929525
After read, it hit me that because sqlite is a DB, "editions" as-is not work. Because it not tied to the data but to the code. Instead, what I think should be is that the PRAGMAs b…
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Comment #48909675
I read it as "tensors in programming*. This also happens to "numbers", "integers" and such, because in the computer universe don't exist out math, only a subset(?) variation(?) of …
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Comment #48899437
Well if the company have somebody like you it helps tons! In the flip side: > the problem with a single system is that mundane things cause unavailability Is multiplied by each "sy…
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Comment #48886460
Rebuilding my long ERP-like project to become more like a "business engine" to become a proper ERP backend (so it can cover most business scenarios and is multi-company, branch, cu…
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Comment #48867268
> When writing an API, it’s easy to unknowingly introduce a dangerous, implicit assumption: that the database is the ultimate source of truth. If a record is in the database, an ap…
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Comment #48854515
I live in the ERP-adjacent world, and the vast majority don't have any of that, never have, and I pray most don't. P.D: the business world is the one that needs AND tries everythin…
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Comment #48836745
Yeah, I think was algebraic + pattern matching that break the ghetto. Suddenly types were far more useful without going crazy like Haskell! P.D: Before, the exposure of types was f…
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Comment #48807966
Sure, the point I try to make is that if you add things useful for OLAP to a OLTP system you could pessimist the OLTP system (that most often is the source of truth)
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Comment #48807011
YES! The problem of all the datastores is that are applications (like Wordpress) so you are too late to fix anything deep. We need "frameworks" (so each sub-component can be used a…
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Comment #48788603
With the other comment about kdb+ and this show a misread of the article: The article AND ANY use of a columnar DB show the same issue: Point lookups are badly pessimized with both…
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Comment #48775369
In general you WANNA see any people using your app. Read an "accessibility" spec or a requirement or a UX "good practice" is not a substitute for see how people use it! One of my a…
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Comment #48748442
The same with NixOS and in production . Even less than 15 minutes month.
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Comment #48691952
LOL! Something I learn doing this stuff +25 years is that support and custom development eat you alive, and is not profitable for small ISV like mine. Sadly, I can't use Fox now so…
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Comment #48687809
Cool! I have this dream of revive this kind of spirit ( https://tablam.org ). I started with Foxpro 2.6 and it was a blast . One of the very cool things Fox allow us was to ship th…