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I just want to build distributed data systems, read books, and drink tea.

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derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Lithuanian Olympic uniforms by Issey Miyake for the 1992 games in Barcelona. This was Lithuania's first time in the Olympics after gaining independence from the Soviet Union. Fabric was cut and shaped using heat, not scissors or sewing machines.

Someone wearing a Lithuania Olympics uniform by Issey Miyake. There's a cape across the back that says "Lithuania." Also pleated, flowy sleeves, puffy chest, cinched torso, and close fitting shirt below the waist point. Wearer has metallic pants and white sneakers. The hood on the uniform is pleated, so it has lines everywhere. The hood is half zipped, so it's covering part of the person's face. Bunch of athletes in the Lithuania Olympics uniform. The capes across the banks say "Lithuania." There's a Olympics logo on the seat. Similarly shaped Olympics uniforms for different countries, so they feature different colors in accordance with those countries.
Andy Pavlo@andypavlo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Spring 2026 Seminar Series: PostgreSQL vs. The World db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/spr... First talk on Mon Feb 2nd @ 4:30pm EST. We will alternate between a speaker from either a Postgres DBMS or a non-Postgres DBMS. Open to the public over Zoom. All videos available on YouTube afterwards.

PostgreSQL vs. The World Seminar Series - Carnegie Mellon Database Group

Every major cloud vendor now offers an enhanced, opinionated PostgreSQL-compatible database management... Read More +

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rob pike@robpike.io · 6mo ago

The author @philipball.bsky.social has always written extremely well about science, but he has reached new heights in sheer beauty of publication with his new book, Alchemy. Also: it has a fascinating story to tell, one you might incorrectly believe you know.

WIRED@wired.com · 11mo ago

The tech industry’s embrace of President Trump has left many of us asking the same question: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley? On Sept. 23 at 11 AM, our WIRED experts get into it. wrd.cm/4mslR0k Have questions? Drop them below 👇🏼

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Martin Kleppmann@martin.kleppmann.com · 11mo ago

This paper is pretty exciting. Near-zero-carbon steel production costs only 36% more than steel from a blast furnace (under reasonable electricity price assumptions); a carbon tax like the one in the EU is already enough to make it cost-competitive. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Assessment of hydrogen direct reduction for fossil-free steelmaking

Climate policy objectives require zero emissions across all sectors including steelmaking. The fundamental process changes needed for reaching this ta…

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Technische Universität München@tum.de · 11mo ago

How can #ELearning make studying math easier? 💡 Read our interview with Florian Lindemann from our Department of #Mathematics, on a new platform funded by the 2025/26 Ideas Competition, which supports #InnovativeTeaching formats: go.tum.de/989485 📷N. Neudert

How a platform is transforming mathematics education

A new e-learning platform for mathematics makes studying easier for TUM students. What’s the idea behind it? Project leader Dr. Lindemann explains.

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Andy Pavlo@andypavlo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Today is the new semester for @db.cs.cmu.edu's Intro to Database Systems! We're going harder into material than before. More challenging projects but you can use LLMs to help. We also have 10min talks each Wed from leading DB companies: 15445.courses.cs.cmu.edu/fall2025

CMU 15-445/645 :: Intro to Database Systems (Fall 2025)

You want to know whether this is the premier course at Carnegie Mellon University on the design and implementation of database management systems? Well, it is. This course rips through data models (re...

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Andy Pavlo@andypavlo.bsky.social · last yr.

At last @abigalekim.bsky.social's paper is out! Its the most complete eval of DB extensions/plugins ever. We analyze PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, DuckDB, Redis. TLDR: Postgres extns ecosystem is fraught with footguns. Other DBMSs have fewer extns but less problems. DuckDB has cleanest API.

PVLDB@pvldb.bsky.social · last yr.

Vol:18 No:6 → Anarchy in the Database: A Survey and Evaluation of Database Management System Extensibility 👥 Authors: Abigale Kim, Marco Slot, David Andersen, Andrew Pavlo 📄 PDF: https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol18/p1962-kim.pdf

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Phil Eaton@eatonphil.bsky.social · last yr.

Help me out: what companies in Europe (or with a large Europe presence) are not "database companies" but build databases internally. I'll go first: - Cloudflare in Lisbon - DataDog in Paris - Elastic in Amsterdam - Dynatrace in Linz - Grafana in Stockholm