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nwillson··on Show HN: Libcluster Postgres Strategy for Elixir
also follow up question, is Supabase using one database per "app" (one cluster) or are there a few different elixir apps that are being backed by the same database (multiple independent clusters)? Though I wonder if using the same storage location for multiple clusters conflicts with how libcluster strategies work.
nwillson··on Show HN: Libcluster Postgres Strategy for Elixir
nice work! It makes sense that a company that works with postgres would make the lib_postgres adapter.

There are many libcluster adapters already, so what pushed Supabase to make a database backed one? What is the advantage?

> Postgres LISTEN and NOTIFY commands with Postgrex

I know Supabase has hooks (https://supabase.com/docs/guides/database/webhooks) so is the hope to leverage that tech to trigger something whenever a new node connects?

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This is just a feature idea (and perhaps if I have time I'll draw up a PR), but since most folks interacting with Supabase are using Phoenix/Ecto already so it would be nice to configure it with a Repo module and/or database_url rather than a keyword list.

nwillson··on Random Google Street View
Cool tool. Is it just me or is it a random location from a fixed list of places?

web console:

randomLocations.all.map((e) => e.formatted_address).sort()

tried it on multiple tabs, incognito, etc. and the result was the same.

nwillson··on When To Chat: Reconcile Time Zone Differences
Thanks for the feedback everyone.
nwillson··on Show HN: When To Chat – A time zone tool for remote teams using Slack
Thanks! That confirms what I saw in the logs. I've added a warning message to catch that error and mention admin access is required. Thanks for catching that.
nwillson··on Show HN: When To Chat – A time zone tool for remote teams using Slack
Interesting. You're not the first person to say it's priced too cheap, actually. I'll reconsider the pricing. Thanks for the feedback!
nwillson··on Show HN: When To Chat – A time zone tool for remote teams using Slack
I just saw this in the logs. Not sure what happened. If you have info about the path you took (was it during auth with slack or..?) that'd be super helpful.
nwillson··on The Clock (2003)
beautiful.
nwillson··on Conway's Webcam of Life
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nwillson··on Conway's Webcam of Life
Thanks!