Readit Newsrahimiali commented on Show HN: Versioning Filesystem for SQLite github.com/sudeep9/mojo... · Posted by u/devnull3
In git, each version of the database will be a full copy. The git has to perform diff i.e. scan the database file. Imagine doing commits & creating snapshots very frequently.
Have a look at https://github.com/sudeep9/mojo/blob/main/design.md#index
sorry, yes, you mention in another comment the use case of multiple readers operating on different versions of the db simultaneously. that'd be difficult to do with git for the reason you mention.
rahimiali commented on Show HN: Versioning Filesystem for SQLite github.com/sudeep9/mojo... · Posted by u/devnull3
Only modified pages go into a version data file [1]
don't you get the same benefit if you version controlled the db file with git? with git, each commit saves a diff from the previous one as a blob. the difference is that in git, in addition to the diffs, you also have to create a working copy of the db, which means you use up at least 2x the storage your system uses. in your implementation, the diff blobs are the live db, which saves you ~2x storage. is that the main benefit?
rahimiali commented on Ask HN: Anyone else feel trapped in FANG? How did you get out? · Posted by u/awsthrow1234
It sounds like you're in an average FAANG team. You could try switching teams.
Here's why I think you might be in an average team:
>"I have tried over the past 2 years to propose different solutions to hard problems and I just get blown off."
A good team has tough problems, and they need clever solutions. Maybe your team's mandate isn't to solve a tough problem.
>"product managers and “leadership” assign to our team with barely any input on the overall project or ability to propose new projects."
This sounds like you might be in a workhorse/executing engineering team.
You say this:
>"I’m scared to move teams ... because I have a good manager ... and my job isn’t that stressful."
A better manager would be trying to increase the team's scope, and yours. If you're not feeling some stress, your manager isn't growing you. A better manager would create a challenging environment for you where you'd feel like your ass is getting kicked.
There are great FAANG teams, and great FAANG managers. Seek them out! (I'm at Amazon, probably the "A" that didn't make it in your acronym. But if you drop me a note I could introduce you to great managers at Amazon)
rahimiali commented on We're going to need a lot of solar panels caseyhandmer.wordpress.co... · Posted by u/lionheart
Do you want to burn new carbon that’s in the ground, or recycle what’s already in the air?
We have tremendous infrastructure already dedicated to using natural gas (cooking, heating, transport, industrial equipment) and it won’t be electrified overnight.
First get to carbon neutral, then worry about carbon negative.
Thanks for making it crisp. This argument was in the article, but somehow it wasn't popping at me.
rahimiali commented on We're going to need a lot of solar panels caseyhandmer.wordpress.co... · Posted by u/lionheart
could someone explain the benefit of storing energy as natural gas? once you burn it, doesn't it result in co2? doesn't that defeat the effort? also is natural gas really easier to pipe around than electricity?
I know I'm missing the point of the article so looking for helpful guidance.
I’m not getting the problem Anthony is trying to solve. I get that people are trying to keep him at bay, but what is he trying to do that they don’t want him to do? I get that he’s trying to identify pockets of innovation, but what will he do with those pockets?
It sounds like his game plan is to do “cto stuff”. But shouldn’t there be a more precise goal? Like picking some business metric and cause it to move in the right direction? Or define a new metric? Or introduce a fundamental new way for the company to do business? Once you know the specific problem you want to solve in the company, it becomes a lot easier to pick a strategy.
But maybe I’m just misunderstanding what the cto of a 30k person company does.
rahimiali commented on Coinbase employees petition to remove execs web.archive.org/web/20220... · Posted by u/shh-shhh
You can't just leak anything you want and claim you're a whistleblower. Whistleblower protection is for leaking illegal actions, not for posting a petition that you don't like some executives.
You’re right. A whistleblower has to report illegal activity, and that’s not what the petition does. My phrasing is bad.
rahimiali commented on Coinbase employees petition to remove execs web.archive.org/web/20220... · Posted by u/shh-shhh
>Brian, you have legitimate points. Here are my edits to your tweets to help people receive them better (i've tried to not change the message, just the tone):
>5/ Fourth, our culture is to retaliate against whistleblowers. Instead of negotiating with you, if you get caught you will be fired.
That's just terrible advice - whistleblower retaliation is illegal, and you're suggesting he retaliate publicly? I'd argue that your post could best be condensed to, "Speak with your legal team before you publicly respond to something like this."
I’m not suggesting it. I’m merely clarifying what he wrote. Did I misunderstand what he’d written in his tweet?
There's a half dozen languages at least that are not Arabic but use Arabic script, such as Persian or Urdu. The typographic rules mentioned still apply though.