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PostGres is enough, but is it fast to code?

Digging into the examples, there’s two separate claims in which “PSQL is enough” according to today’s top post on HN. PSQL can handle all your data PSQL…

Feb 6 •

Read code when you're somber

This gem of a quote matches my personal experience. I have one playlist for reading/reviewing/editing code, which is mostly somber, melodic music. Works…

Feb 2 •

bash 1-liner to strip comments from AI generated code

$ pbp | grep...

Jan 18 •

Recently I was working with an API that issues credit cards. The killer feature is...

Jan 4 •

Make error messages context-free

I recently got this gem of an error...

Dec 25, 2023 •

Don't serialize SSNs as floats

I can’t believe people did this, but they did and it wasn’t even their fault. Reader Rob Kolstad brings a story where SSNs were processed with AWK…

Dec 21, 2023 •

Don't serialize money as a float

In the US (and afaik all non JPY, KRW currencies), we’re cursed with fractional currencies. We can pay $1.49 for a candy bar. So if we want to represent…

Dec 20, 2023 •

Don't serialize unix timestamps

I was recently reading an API guide and came across this funny example: What’s funny is that as a human, I have no idea when 1607450357 is. I’m just not…

Dec 19, 2023 •

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