Biscuit is a specialized PostgreSQL index for fast pattern matching LIKE queries https://lobste.rs/s/li94ve #databases
https://github.com/CrystallineCore/Biscuit
Biscuit is a specialized PostgreSQL index for fast pattern matching LIKE queries

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Avoid UUID Version 4 primary keys

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Will Turso Be The Better SQLite?

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Disks Lie: Building a WAL that actually survives

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πŸ€” Ah, the mind-blowing revelation that #exchanges are like databases! Who knew thousands of orders every #millisecond required complex systems? πŸ™„ Next, they'll uncover that water is wet.🌊
https://quant.engineering/exchange-order-book-distributed-logs.html #databases #complexity #mindblown #wateriswet #HackerNews #ngated
How Exchanges Turn Order Books into Distributed Logs

Every modern exchange is a distributed database in disguise. This article reveals how trading engines transform chaotic streams of buy and sell orders into a perfectly ordered, replayable log, ensuring fairness, determinism, and market data reliability.

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VACUUM Is a Lie: About Your Indexes

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I was a guest this week on the FLOSS Weekly podcast (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/floss-weekly-episode-858-yottadb-sometimes-the-solution-is-bigger-servers/). The host, Jonathan Bennett, and I had an enjoyable discussion about YottaDB. #flossweekly #opensource #databases @FLOSS_Weekly
FLOSS Weekly Episode 858: YottaDB: Sometimes The Solution Is Bigger Servers

This week Jonathan chats with K. S. Bhaskar about YottaDB. This very high performance database has some unique tricks! How does YottaDB run across multiple processes without a daemon? Why is it lic…

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pg_exporter: A PostgreSQL metric exporter for Prometheus written in Rust https://lobste.rs/s/kxndle #databases
https://github.com/nbari/pg_exporter
pg_exporter: A PostgreSQL metric exporter for Prometheus written in Rust

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Litestream VFS

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