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I have been working on reverse engineering SQLite in Go. Not exactly as I am borrowing some features from other databases so it is not a 1 to 1 exact replica but the main idea is t…

A small RAG server written in Golang with sqlite and weaviate used for Corpus/knowledge base and Gemini model. It provides API to upload PDF files to the corpus and to query for an…

Do you live alone or with other people and you split the rent? How much do you pay for council tax and bills? 600 is very cheap in London.

If you took out mortgage when interest rates were really low, it’s possible to have your own place and spend about that much per month if you live frugally (well at least until you…

So more small businesses by people living in the area would be encouraged (think small mom-and-pop shops) rather than multinational chain restaurants. It’s a good thing.

He was in a custody for about a year, he was later sentenced to a suspended year in prison. He still lives in Tokyo, no idea what he does for work now though.

That was Bitfinex as far as I remember, exchange based in Hong Kong. They are the guys behind Tether which also many people think is not backed up by real assets.

Could be a factor at tech companies where lot of compensation is in a form of equity options. Especially smaller / medium sized tech companies have had their stocks go down by 50-8…

I agree, this is pretty normal across the industry. Sales people just trying to do their job and sell their product. Sometimes they are quite persistent but why complain, if you ar…

This isn’t exclusive to Datadog. Anybody with some sort of senior or lead engineering role often gets these emails from various companies. I have received such emails from companie…

Are you sure about that? I know Google Translate says "vlast" but I speak a Slavic language and "vlast" means motherhood/home in my language. Could be just the online translation n…

You can use transactional outbox pattern to solve this.

Very time consuming so probably lot of companies will skip on this to deliver features faster. Having robust documentation that contains all the knowledge so a completely new team …

The name is a good representation of times we live in. I wonder if this is a sign we are nearing the top of the current bubble.

I buy it during my daily walk to groceries shop.

You don't need 3k per month that is certainly lavish and I would expect that to be supported by 2 incomes so a couple living together and splitting rent and bills 50/50. If you are…

> ps. amazon employee #2 Oh wow that's nice. Yeah, Amazon was definitely a better name choice.

I need to watch the new series of this show, it's on my list of things to watch next, I have seen first season only. How are the new episodes? Good quality?

You can buy bitcoin in cash.

Selling covered calls on blue chip dividend stocks. Fixed income etc