I am excited to announce that we are officially writing a new version of Postgres. In Rust - and creating the LLVM of databases in the process.
In the span of a year, we have rewritten SQLite. Keeping the compatibility, increasing its feature set. MVCC, Types, (Live) Materialized Views, among other things. In the process of doing that, we have realized: At the end of the day, what makes SQLite special is that it compiles SQL to a database-specific bytecode. So why can't we compile *Postgres* to the same bytecode?
Turns out we can. I ran an experiment called pgmicro as a way to prove this hypothesis, and it works very well. It is time to make this official, and put the weight of Turso behind it. We shall give the world a modern take on Postgres. Wire compatible, but built on a new architecture.
We have already heard of others wanting to extend this. MySQL? Redis? the sky is the limit. What can we do if we do for databases what LLVM did for compilers? To prove how powerful the SQLite bytecode is, we are actually running DOOM compiled to the unmodified SQLite instruction set. And because Turso runs natively in the browser, you can play the game in your browser. With the database executing it.
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@Israel One of the best Xmas festivals is in Jerusalem. Fun fact, there is a whole Xmas market in Tel Aviv, Dizingoff shopping mall every year, cause many folks come from Christian background or actual Christians living in Tel Aviv.
Except that was never your house, but a neighbor’s one. You went to kill this neighbor, failed, epically, lost own house in the process, and now want to go back to good old days. Btw many other folks who didn’t try to genocide Jews, kept their properties, got citizenship and full rights in one of most prosperous nations in the world. But jihadists gonna jihad.
@RoKhanna@netanyahu It’s not a point you think you make.. highly delusional individual this Ro, but what would you expect from someone siding with jihadists.
Why do we actually laugh?
@arthurbrooks explains that laughter isn’t just an emotional reaction, it’s a biological reflex triggered by a brain hack.
When you hear a punchline, your brain experiences a mini "system error." Here is the quick breakdown:
The Set-Up: Your brain predicts how a sentence will end based on logic.
The Twist: The punchline completely defies that logic.
The Flick: This surprise "flicks" a part of your emotional brain (the parahippocampal gyrus).
The Release: Your brain resolves the confusion with a burst of dopamine and a physical chuckle.