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My favorite database shirts

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Re: My favorite database shirts

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Post by danielvf »

zellyn wrote: post #25

For some reason the Google Fiber T-shirt that Google gave out in Atlanta is almost indestructible. I've worn mine routinely for years, and still see other people wearing them sometimes. Not sure exactly what the secret was, but boy would I love to know!

I've gotten several Google Fiber t-shirts from a local thrift store, and I can confirm - great shirts! I think they are NextLevel.

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Post by stickfigure »

I'm in the print space and this post is weird. I have that exact same green MongoDB on the AA 50/50, as well as a couple other MongoDB shirts printed on different blanks. Somebody picked the design, picked a blank, and printed a batch. Next week somebody else will pick a different blank, maybe even for the same design.

Re: My favorite database shirts

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Post by apavlo »

ellisv wrote: post #42

Did Andy update something about this post (from 2016)?

No. I've been meaning to do an updated article but I've been unfortunately too busy. A bunch of companies send us shirts to give out to students:

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/1659019035818729472

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/1335045678876270592

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/1125465168023048193

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/996191088372322304

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/862320227601850368

My highlights from the last 6-7 years:

* DuckDB (European embroidery!)

* Materialize (like Snowflake)

* Yellowbrick (wild designs)

* Timescale (old logo was popular)

-- Andy

Re: My favorite database shirts

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Post by nofinator »

+1 for how great the Snowflake t-shirt is (ranked #3). I wore it a lot during the COVID era, and the poly blend is still soft and has withstood a lot of washing and drying.

When we signed onto Snowflake in 2019, a week later a surprise HUGE box of swag arrived, with a dozen shirts and lots of other things. Our team and corner of the office became The Place To Be for a while.

Re: My favorite database shirts

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Post by sbuttgereit »

I've gotten a couple PostgreSQL t-shirts over the years when I volunteered for this or that.

My favorite one is the one for the release of PostgreSQL 8.4. It's simply blue on white and the design is after one of the boxes from the periodic table of the elements: with "Pg" in the middle and (as I recall, it's not in front of me now) and an "atomic weight" of 8.4.

The other was for the release of PostgreSQL 9.0 when replication was introduced. It's a blue shirt with white print. That banner feature is the prominent text on the front and a herd of Elephants charging at the viewer like you might see a stampede of horses do on a western movie's poster.

Good designs celebrating milestone events for the project.

Re: My favorite database shirts

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Post by CrazyStat »

leetrout wrote: post #34
jdelman wrote: post #28

I disagree with nearly this entire post, which is fun. I find that the poly blend shirts that the author loves (especially like the MongoDB shirt) are clingy and sweaty. Softness is low on my list of shirt priorities - comfort and fit are high. I don't know how you could see "mongoDB" and not think it is tech, but maybe I'm too mired in tech to have an outsider's perspective. Also, that dark heathered grey color is e…

Follow on, my biggest frustration with these super thin, clingy shirts is how _everyone_ is showing their nipples through them now.

Why does seeing nipples through a tshirt bother you so much?
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