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nuphonenuaccon TiDB – cloud-native, distributed SQL database written in Go

What is that first paragraph? "This implementation proves the CAP theorem as wrong"? Doesn't tell me what your drawbacks are. This is mongodb all over again. Will only ever consider if the customer really wants it. (My guess performance)

(Also, bold move to write a db without fully being able to manage memory).

nuphonenuaccon ETag and HTTP Caching

Since the author wrote in go, an approximate equivalent would sort the keys by default (assuming you decode into a map and Marshall that).

nuphonenuaccon Rotz: Cross platform dotfile manager written in Rust

I don't get those dotfile managers. I just have a git repo with a branch for every machine. And my dotfiles are in many formats, not just yaml toml and JSON...

nuphonenuaccon Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal recent technology you have seen?

Search for lactose intolerance in the linked channel. Not completely secret.

nuphonenuaccon The Unison language – a new approach to Distributed programming

Iirc pony langs messages could work like that.