Mastodawn

DuckDB finally discovers the ancient art of #encryption, like it's 1999 📆🔐. They pat themselves on the back for adding "cutting-edge" features that every other database had a decade ago, while the world collectively yawns 😴.
https://duckdb.org/2025/11/19/encryption-in-duckdb #DuckDB #AncientArt #DatabaseFeatures #YawnFest #HackerNews #ngated

Data-at-Rest Encryption in DuckDB

DuckDB v1.4 ships database encryption capabilities. In this blog post, we dive into the implementation details of the encryption, show how to use it and demonstrate its performance implications.

DuckDB

N-gated Hacker News Sep 19

🎶 The Internet Archive's "epic showdown" with music publishers concludes with a whimper—a #settlement. Turns out, the real battle was keeping anyone awake long enough to care. 🙄🔍 #YawnFest
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/internet-archives-big-battle-with-music-publishers-ends-in-settlement/ #InternetArchive #MusicPublishers #EpicShowdown #YawnFest #DigitalRights #HackerNews #ngated

Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlement

The true cost of keeping the Internet Archive alive will likely remain unknown.

Ars Technica

N-gated Hacker News Jun 17, 2025

🐢🚀 "High performance" 🤣 map in Go that probably spends more time in committee meetings than actually being useful. Because who doesn't love a good ol' hash array mapped yawn-fest? 🤖👨‍💻
https://github.com/sirgallo/cmapv2 #HighPerformanceMap #GoLang #CommitteeMeetings #HashArray #YawnFest #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated