I’m a big fan of Clickhouse for observability with their otlp ingest and HTTP SQL endpoint (and an agent pointed at the latter). Also keeping an eye on smithclay.github.io/duckdb-otlp/ for the same sort of stack with DuckDB.
DuckDB OpenTelemetry Extension
duckdb-otlp: query OpenTelemetry traces, logs, and metrics with DuckDB.
smithclay.github.io
Things are getting weird. I no longer know whether I’m engaging with a human, a human using AI, or an AI on its own. This is problematic. rng.md/posts/on-cha...
On Chaos and Turning Inward
Musings on uncertainty and the virtues of control, transparency, and small communities.
rng.md
Spent the past week on SlateDB's DST harness. It was a bit of a slog. The more state I explored, the more false positives I encountered. rng.md/posts/determ...
Deterministic Simulation Testing Is Really Hard
The more state you explore, the more false positives you'll encounter.
rng.md
In-kernel filesystem are going to destroy the FUSE ecosystem. Bringing your custom logic into the VFS directly is absolutely incredible for performance and latency.
Finally got around to writing this up.
Make Obsidian Feel Like Bear
The settings, plugins, fonts, and CSS I use to make Obsidian feel like Bear.
rng.md
Considering local coding models. Speed, cost, and predictability are starting to matter more to me than ever-increasing top-end reasoning.
Maybe It’s Time To Start Looking at Local Coding Models
Speed, cost, and predictability are starting to matter more to me than top-end reasoning.
rng.md
The team worked insane hours to get this release ready and we've finally shipped it! We built a first of its kind, prometheus-compatible database that is object native. ~22x cheaper than AWS AMP and stupid easy to operate. www.opendata.dev/blog/introdu...
OpenData Timeseries: Prometheus-compatible metrics on object storage | OpenData
An MIT-licensed, Prometheus-compatible timeseries database built on SlateDB, bringing the operating model and cost structure of object-store-native systems to the Prometheus and Grafana ecosystem.
opendata.dev
A silly little TIL trick I learned recently. Comes in handy when debugging time-dependent races and such.
Use yes to reproduce flaky tests
I use yes to saturate CPUs and reproduce flaky tests failures. Pair it with a small loop helper to rerun the test until it fails.
rng.md
Exploring Apache Iceberg and SlateDB formats - with a repo link for additional exploration. datapapers.substack.com/p/exploring-...
Exploring Table Formats - Iceberg & SlateDB
What is common between Apache Icerberg, SlateDB and object-store first table formats? Explore with real examples.
datapapers.substack.com
If you formed your opinion of agentic coding more than four months ago, I strongly encourage you to reevaluate.
Stu's talk is now available for anyone who couldn't attend South Bay Systems to watch: youtu.be/TeFsBVIYBis?... I highly recommend watching it. It's ~30 minutes and goes into details on how ParadeDB achieves faster-than-Postgres JOINs.
Generalized Consensus & Native Top-K Joins in ParadeDB
YouTube video by South Bay Systems
youtu.be
ParadeDB@paradedb.com · 5mo agoOn March 31st, @stuhood.sh will be speaking about how ParadeDB performs native Top K JOINs at South Bay Systems. We look forward to seeing you there: luma.com/2g3exvjw?tk=...
🎂 Commonhaus Foundation Marks Two Years as Open Source’s ‘Missing Middle’ — and Maintainers Are Taking Notice. Commonhaus’ 2nd anniversary www.commonhaus.org/activity/305...
🎂 Commonhaus Foundation Marks Two Years as Open Source’s ‘Missi…
Commonhaus Foundation celebrates its second anniversary, while it doubles project count as burnout and succession crisis quietly deepens across the open s…
commonhaus.org
New post! I used to think the future was formal specs + model checkers. Now I think it’s English + tests + quality gates.
The Waymo Rule for AI-Generated Code
AI-generated code doesn't have to be perfect; it just has to be better than you.
rng.md
1/4. Today, a bit of a different blog post. James from our team sat down with @fulmicoton.bsky.social, the main author of Tantivy, to discuss his journey and how he created such a world-changing project. 🧵
ParadeDB@paradedb.com · 4mo agoFull-text search was solved in 2016, Lucene had owned the space for a decade. Rewriting it in Rust, as a side project, on a plane sounds like a terrible idea. Enter Paul Masurel and Tantivy ... www.paradedb.com/blog/tantivy...
New post! I now see open source projects as materialized agent output–cached code. Its purpose is to save me time and tokens.
Open Source Projects Are Cached Agent Output
Open source projects should become customizable kernels that save users time and tokens.
rng.md
I started picking up on this vibe a few months ago. I started feeling it myself in the past month. Something is happening. I don’t know what it is, but it’s exciting. rng.md/posts/someth...
Something Is Happening
Building is sparking joy. Everyone I talk to is shaking with excitement. I'm not sure where this goes, but it sure is fun.
rng.md
I know a lot of you probably read or at least own the first edition of DDIA, but don't sleep on this, because it's a major update. Sixty new pages, chapters dropped, reordered, rewritten. @martin.kleppmann.com and @chris.blue have done a master job ensuring the 2nd edition up-to-date and relevant.
Spent some time with UniFFI this weekend. Experimenting with it for SlateDB's official bindings. It seems really nice! Anyone out there using it? If so, what has your experience been? github.com/mozilla/unif...
GitHub - mozilla/uniffi-rs: a multi-language bindings generator for rust
a multi-language bindings generator for rust. Contribute to mozilla/uniffi-rs development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Just received my author copies of the second edition of DDIA! After years of seeing it only on-screen, holding the final print book in hand is very special. @chris.blue
Feedback need: SlateDB's Python API uses pyo3, which supports Python/Rust async integration. The other bindings use slatedb-c (C FFI ABI), which is sync. Ideally, I want all bindings use one layer (FFI) to simplify maintenance. Should I ditch pyo3 and async Python support, tho?
"A background job queueing system built on top of object storage via slatedb" 🤩 Was just talking about the need for this with @almog.xyz today! github.com/gadget-inc/s...
GitHub - gadget-inc/silo: experimental background queuing system on object storage
experimental background queuing system on object storage - gadget-inc/silo
github.com
Excited to enable pipelining by default in s2-lite with this upgrade! Expect lower latency and higher throughput. github.com/s2-streamsto...
default to pipelining appends and remove `S2LITE_PIPELINE` knob · Issue #48 · s2-streamstore/s2
Improves performance a lot against high-latency object storage Depends on slatedb/slatedb#1138
github.com
Chris@chris.blue · 5mo agoSlateDB 0.11.0 is out! We had 5 new RFCs, 10 new contributors, and 3 new language bindings. This is a big release with a bunch of improvements and new features. 🧵
SlateDB 0.11.0 is out! We had 5 new RFCs, 10 new contributors, and 3 new language bindings. This is a big release with a bunch of improvements and new features. 🧵
Serverless is a mess. Persistent VMs for the win. blog.exe.dev/persistent
Why exe.dev VMs are persistent - exe.dev blog
On the design decision to make VMs persistent, with persistent disks.
blog.exe.dev
“Gradually, then suddenly.” That’s how adoption works when you’re building something new. Opendata is still "gradually" but 100 stars with $0 spent on marketing is a good start. Back to building! github.com/opendata-oss...
