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snkcldon Show HN: We created a mentor/mentee matching platform and we want your feedback

this is cool, i was thinking of doing something like this for dota coaching

snkcldon Simple recommendation system written in Ruby

for an approach using neo4j, check out cadet! (my project) cadet is more just a jruby wrapper around neo4j, but one can use it to interact with neo4j (and thus come up with recommendations without touching a line of java, or even cypher )

still in progress, and id love any input! http://github.com/karabijavad/cadet

http://github.com/karabijavad/congress-graph

snkcldon SQLite now supports recursive CTEs

i wasnt expecting that answer...

how large was your friends table? maybe it was quick when doing friends of friends because the friends table was already wholly loaded into memory?

i wonder if your relationship traversals spanned across different tables, if postgres would still be as quick?

snkcldon SQLite now supports recursive CTEs

is postgres as quick as neo4j, in your use case? ive really been into neo4j lately, but im curious if postgres could also be used as a graph database.

snkcldon WhatsApp issued takedown against alternative clients a week before acquisition

wtf. i had no idea this could be done to open source code.

snkcldon Ask HN: What is your current pet project?

github.com/karabijavad/cadet

easy embedded neo4j, via jruby!