It was pretty surreal to sit next to someone at a dinner in NYC two months ago, be introduced, and realize that they're someone you had an HN exchange with 5 years ago.

Here's the HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20352439

And the backstory (on how this led to TigerBeetle): https://x.com/jorandirkgreef/status/1788930243077853234