CEO of @tursodatabase - the LLVM of databases. Including a rewrite of SQLite and Postgres npx turso@latest
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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.
Read the full story below! 👇
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Turso 0.8.0 is almost here. And we will explain the new goodies with Dicken Balls.
All credit to @BenjDicken
I'm working on Turso 0.8 release blog post. Turns out @jussisaur likes @BenjDicken's balls (the animations) so much he wanted us to try out something too.
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Christmas in September
The allocator_api feature has been stabilized!
> Rust’s Allocator API standardizes custom memory allocation, enabling collections to use specialized strategies for better control, performance, and memory efficiency.
ALT Image: The allocator_api feature has been stabilized! > Rust’s Allocator API standardizes custom memory allocation, enabling collections to use specialized strategies for better control, performance, and memory efficiency.
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and getting better thanks to the great work of @carllerche
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I really like @tursodatabase, I love @tursodatabase.
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Imagine how much cheaper life would be if lawyers wrote resolutions and contracts in plain modern English instead of "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Undersigned shall not ..."
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Is everyone in this company a professional shitposter? I thought it was just the CEO.
No joke, it's so over for everybody else.
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Bullish on @typesafeai . The model looks good, but mostly I've been scrolling through this dude's feed and he looks like a professional shitposter in a sea of stiff corporate nonsense.
Hard to beat.
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Can jev be used to finally efficiently implement hot dot / not hot dog ?
Science Fiction.
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"My agent deleted the database" is the new "My dog ate the homework".
But with @tursodatabase there are no more excuses: if you delete your database, you can still recover it for 5 days. Self-service, no questions asked. Available in any paid plans
Learn more: turso.tech/blog/let-your-age…
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Happy for Preston in his next stage
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Turso's transaction tail latency looking pretty decent thanks to relentless optimization work by @Peristocles1 in preparation for his @P99CONF talk.
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