joeshacks

Indie software developer

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@duckdb i have taken the duckdb pill, the pill made me build https://t.co/XHbnLJ9yL6

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@ChShersh 13 languages in 12 years is a real journey, keep going

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@code_bytein usually network hops, serialization, auth middleware, or sequential downstream calls. tracing the request will show where the 750ms goes

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@kav_kavi11 read-your-writes: pin that user to the primary for a few seconds after a write, or compare replica LSN to their last write before reading

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@dark_coderz PUT. same request twice leaves the same state, which is why you still want an idempotency key on POSTs like payments

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@patilvishi retention is the point: the log is append-only, so consumers track their own offset and can replay, and new consumers can catch up from history

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@heyyyyyieeee a router is tempting but I'd start with one solid model and add routing only once you see real cost or latency pain

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@rustaceans_rs trim-paths is a quiet win, no more home directory paths leaking into release binaries

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@dannyveigatx verifying with a script instead of trusting the agent's "done" is the right fix, 676 closed is a solid track record

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@rustaceans_rs smoother scrolling is the one I'd watch most, it's the first thing that hurts in gpui once lists get big

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@ClementWalter @typesafeai @claudeai nice, I built Spool, a Mac email client in Rust on gpui, so I know this itch. fast matters a lot once the inbox is huge

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@dhh yep, chasing frame budgets and shaving milliseconds is way more fun when it doesn't cost a week anymore

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@MansiCodez a unique constraint on the idempotency key handles retries, and a single conditional update (balance >= 40) handles the concurrent requests. the db does the check and the write atomically

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@maheshnani122 cache is small, volatile and costs more per GB, and the db is the durable source of truth. you cache the hot subset and accept some staleness

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@taylorotwell the numbness is real, the baseline shifts fast. keeping a short list of what used to feel impossible helps

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@itsnoahd a 74% smaller index and less memory while indexing matter more than raw speed for a daemon that's always running

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@Ankur_Sehrawatt Window layout apps are a fun space. I built Shaka, a free Mac window manager with floating and tiling modes, so I know the pain you're solving

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@beentherebtw 2.5 MB with its own VM engine is great. I built Portain, a native Mac app for seeing what containers and ports are running, so I know this itch

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@zuess05 I built Shaka for this, a free menu bar window manager with floating and tiling modes on one keystroke. https://t.co/V5doNz4XiS

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@GithubProjects goaccess is great, the terminal mode is underrated for a quick check of what broke overnight