Sen. Kelly: After 15 years working with Russian cosmonauts, I learned mission success was not their top priority.
First was how things looked, second was who to blame, third was what they could steal. Mission success was somewhere fourth on the list.
Russia invited me to visit Moscow & witness its alleged economic “prosperity”.
My reply was blunt: I would refuse to go to Moscow even as a member of Ukraine’s delegation to accept Russia’s declaration of unconditional surrender. No reconciliation with Russia for centuries😡
Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi:
“It’s better for the population to shrink than to fill the country with low-skilled immigrants from alien cultures.
Preserving Japan’s way of life matters more than cheap labour. We can fix the birth rate crisis without relying on incompatible foreigners.
You no longer have a country when you become the minority.”
She’s absolutely right.
One guy. One Navy ship. One file. 1 trillion databases.
He built it alone in 2000. And gave it away forever. 🤯
Meet D. Richard Hipp 🇺🇸
> American developer. Born 1961 in North Carolina.
> In 2000, working as a contractor on a US Navy destroyer.
> Got frustrated with bulky databases that needed servers and setup.
> Built SQLite in his spare time ~ a single-file database engine.
> No server. No installation. No configuration. Just one file.
> 25 years later, every iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows PC runs SQLite.
> Powers Chrome, Firefox, Safari, WhatsApp, iMessage, Skype.
> Runs inside Tesla cars and commercial airplanes. 🚀
> Over 1 trillion SQLite databases active worldwide today.
> Put the entire codebase in the public domain. Zero royalties forever.
> Trillion-dollar companies use his code. He's never charged a cent.
> Still maintains it full-time with a tiny team of 3.
> Pledged free support and updates until at least 2050.
> No VC money. No acquisitions. No spotlight. Just code.
Every app on your phone runs his invisible masterpiece.
Most engineers build for fame. He built for forever.
Database GOAT. 🐐