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July 16, 2023

PostgreSQL: No More Vacuum

The VACUUM process in PostgreSQL is a historical artifact that traces its roots back to the Berkeley Postgres project, which implemented a concept known as infinite time-travel. The concept, while innovative at the time, was eventually dropped by the PostgreSQL community. However, it led to the implementation of a Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) system prone to table bloat.

Nobody cares about your blog

I started writing on my blog some years ago, and since then I’ve had a lot of reasons to stop writing. Here’s a list of why nobody cares about your blog

TikTok Extends the Wasteland

Jeff Hewitt - Television’s language and logic in everyday life.

Are you a “harbinger of failure”? (2015)

Study: Some consumers have an unerring knack for buying unpopular products.

Discord Is Not Documentation

Terence Eden - Discord is perfect for ephemeral communications. But it is not a fucking substitute for documentation!