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PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

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Re: PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

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I'm conflicted with this article. It does pack a lot of good information in there, and it's a useful comparison of the core difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL. But it still contains a lot of LLM-isms which are off putting and make me want to stop reading when I see them.

Same. It's really hard to fight the tic now where I just automatically close the tab when I get to the second or third thing, and it's only the first paragraph.

Please, write your own prose.

Re: PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

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post #9
post #7

I'm conflicted with this article. It does pack a lot of good information in there, and it's a useful comparison of the core difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL. But it still contains a lot of LLM-isms which are off putting and make me want to stop reading when I see them.

OP here, thanks for the feedback. Just curious - anything specific? I spent long time getting to some sort of framework for my writing and being called LLM is my constant struggle. PS: I do use LLM for polish, etc.

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Re: PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

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post #9
post #7

I'm conflicted with this article. It does pack a lot of good information in there, and it's a useful comparison of the core difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL. But it still contains a lot of LLM-isms which are off putting and make me want to stop reading when I see them.

OP here, thanks for the feedback. Just curious - anything specific? I spent long time getting to some sort of framework for my writing and being called LLM is my constant struggle. PS: I do use LLM for polish, etc.

Tells like "load-bearing" and "real", for example.

"the heap's simplicity is load-bearing: once..."

"It's a real thing"

"It's a real trade-off"

"The design buys real things"

"it comes down to a real design choice"

"That's a real critique"

Re: PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

#15
post #9
post #7

I'm conflicted with this article. It does pack a lot of good information in there, and it's a useful comparison of the core difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL. But it still contains a lot of LLM-isms which are off putting and make me want to stop reading when I see them.

OP here, thanks for the feedback. Just curious - anything specific? I spent long time getting to some sort of framework for my writing and being called LLM is my constant struggle. PS: I do use LLM for polish, etc.

I would say ignore them. It was well written an informative. Some people have just gone insane and see LLMs everywhere.

Re: PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

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post #9
post #7

I'm conflicted with this article. It does pack a lot of good information in there, and it's a useful comparison of the core difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL. But it still contains a lot of LLM-isms which are off putting and make me want to stop reading when I see them.

OP here, thanks for the feedback. Just curious - anything specific? I spent long time getting to some sort of framework for my writing and being called LLM is my constant struggle. PS: I do use LLM for polish, etc.

Really, don't use LLM for polish; that's what wrecks it imho. People write idiosyncratically and that's a good thing. That's your voice.

Re: PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

#17
post #9
post #7

I'm conflicted with this article. It does pack a lot of good information in there, and it's a useful comparison of the core difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL. But it still contains a lot of LLM-isms which are off putting and make me want to stop reading when I see them.

OP here, thanks for the feedback. Just curious - anything specific? I spent long time getting to some sort of framework for my writing and being called LLM is my constant struggle. PS: I do use LLM for polish, etc.

Do all the writing yourself, use LLMs for research and as an editor only. When using an LLM as an editor never copy its verbatim suggestion into your prose.

Re: PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

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post #10
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had to make a cut - and that's also a reason why etcd got mentioned - focused on what most people today know.

but that approach doesn't teach "most of your audience" something new that they didn't know before

well, let's say it depends what audince. This particular topic came as part of talks I deliver on Postgres internals and my webinars. Same story. Again and again.

But I do get the point. Here the goal was - there's no perfect solution. Just characteristics to be aware of.

Given the anti-LLM sentiment here I need to get offline and not get affected by it.

Re: PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's

#20
post #9
post #7

I'm conflicted with this article. It does pack a lot of good information in there, and it's a useful comparison of the core difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL. But it still contains a lot of LLM-isms which are off putting and make me want to stop reading when I see them.

OP here, thanks for the feedback. Just curious - anything specific? I spent long time getting to some sort of framework for my writing and being called LLM is my constant struggle. PS: I do use LLM for polish, etc.

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