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otoolep

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About otoolep

Software Engineer based in Pittsburgh, PA. Engineering Manager at Google, building large-scale data systems. Creator of rqlite[1], the lightweight, distributed database built on SQLite.

https://www.philipotoole.com

[1] https://www.rqlite.io

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    Blog post author here (I did not post the link above to HN). I also wrote a short follow-up blog post at https://philipotoole.com/proving-to-fable-i-maintain-the-rep...

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    You can learn about some known use cases here: https://rqlite.io/docs/features/#common-use-cases One application that comes up over and over again -- wanting relational modeling, a…

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    Show HN: rqlite – the fault-tolerant DB built on SQLite – v10.0 released

    https://rqlite.io Major new release which improves clustering robustness, especially when dealing with slow Followers. New features include a built in web-based console (at localho…

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    I grew up in Ireland, moved to the USA as an adult. European government is clearly Hobbes in model, the US Lockean. In Europe the individual has almost no legal reason to use force…

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    rqlite creator here, happy to answer any questions. As for reliability - it's a fault-tolerant, highly available system. Reliability is the reason it exists. :-) If you're asking a…

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    >First of all, does anyone believe that highly scrutinized and bureaucratic functions are general high quality services? This is the only part of your response that doesn't quite s…

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    Blog post author here, thanks for your thoughtful comment. You raise some interesting things to think about.

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    OK, well, you could try client-side batching too, if you can. That will also improve performance substantially. Otherwise, if you try with more modern networks and disks, let me kn…

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    Yes, fast networks matter. I did introduce Queued Writes[1] since that talk, allowing you to trade off performance versus immediate durability. It may interest you -- network is mu…

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    rqlite creator here. Yes I do have practical experience to share, I wrote a blog post on rqlite and FTS5: https://philipotoole.com/building-a-highly-available-search-... Will it al…