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DannyPage commented on Iceberg, the Right Idea – The Wrong Spec   database-doctor.com/posts... · Posted by u/DannyPage
DannyPage · 2 months ago
We just finished implementing Iceberg on top of a large set of Parquet files, stored in S3. It’s a neat idea to be able to turn a lot of data files into a SQL database, but I absolutely understand the pain and confusion the author writes, especially around how it handles metadata. It creates a lot of those files and makes a large mess of the directory. Some queries that I know would return a single parquet file take up to 30 seconds.

I don’t think we’ll scrap it and there are certainly ways to speed up the problematic aspects of querying the catalog, but I’m also rooting for DuckLake to make it a lot more approachable by not completely shying away from the database as an idea.

DannyPage commented on Improving River Simulation   undiscoveredworlds.blogsp... · Posted by u/Hooke
DannyPage · 2 months ago
Very cool project! Going to try having it on a separate monitor this week and watch it develop. In case other folks were looking for the download link (and code!), it’s here: https://github.com/JonathanCRH/Undiscovered_Worlds_Classic
DannyPage commented on RSS Server Side Reader   matklad.github.io/2025/06... · Posted by u/Bogdanp
DannyPage · 2 months ago
Interesting idea, but it mentions the idea of notifications. Is the notification when happens to be new article is at the top on the page? Or is there an external service he forgot to metnion?
DannyPage commented on Should we design for iffy internet?   bytes.zone/posts/should-w... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
DannyPage · 3 months ago
A big focus is (rightly) on rural areas, but mobile internet packet loss can also a big issue in cities or places where there are a lot of users. It's very frustrating to be technically online, but effectively offline. An example: Using Spotify on a subway works terribly until you go into Airplane mode, and then it suddenly works correctly with your offline music.
DannyPage commented on We’ll be ending web hosting for your apps on Glitch   blog.glitch.com/post/chan... · Posted by u/js4ever
DannyPage · 3 months ago
I really enjoyed using Glitch as it allowed me to quickly publish and iterate on various experiments or try out new libraries like Datasette or HTMX.

I am curious what Glitch will look like after July. If they aren’t hosting apps, will they still be hosting code and letting it deploy elsewhere? It says it’s not a full shutdown, but it doesn’t appear to say what will be left to do on Glitch after that date.

DannyPage commented on Show HN: memEx, a personal knowledge base inspired by zettlekasten and org-mode   gitea.bubbletea.dev/shiba... · Posted by u/shibaobun
DannyPage · 5 months ago
Found some documentation & sample website that answers a few of my questions, but I’d love to know more about pipelines and how they work with your notes. https://memex.bubbletea.dev/faq
DannyPage commented on Apache ECharts + Leaflet + shadcn for data viz   docs.evidence.dev/compone... · Posted by u/hughess
boomskats · 5 months ago
This is a terrible title.

Info on what leaflet.js is here: https://leafletjs.com/. Took me a lot longer than I'd like to find that, and I'm still not sure what it has to do with the majority of those examples.

DannyPage · 5 months ago
I would agree: this is a nice showcase for Evidence’s charts and the title should reflect that.
DannyPage commented on Mountains, Cliffs, and Caves: A Guide to Using Perlin Noise for Procedural Gen   jdhwilkins.com/mountains-... · Posted by u/chwolfe
DannyPage · 6 months ago
I really wish the header image used ProcGen to create a landscape image, rather than Yet Another OpenAI Image that sours me on the article as a reader before I start to read it. It sells the wrong idea and makes me distrust the author.

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