The “Build Your Own Redis” Book Is Completed — and Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?

Issue #1028 — January 31, 2023

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The “Build Your Own Redis” Book Is Completed build-your-own.org \| points: 549 \| comments: 121

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Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 534 \| comments: 1498

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AirGradient Open Source Air Quality Monitor for CO2 and PM2.5 Measurements airgradient.com \| points: 533 \| comments: 153

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Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says nypost.com \| points: 446 \| comments: 462

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SQL should be the default choice for data transformation logic robinlinacre.com \| points: 379 \| comments: 236

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Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power latimes.com \| points: 288 \| comments: 419

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Will Wright on designing user interfaces to simulation games (1996) donhopkins.medium.com \| points: 287 \| comments: 51

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How likely is losing a Google account? jefftk.com \| points: 281 \| comments: 242

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Story Structure 101: Super Basic Shit channel101.fandom.com \| points: 270 \| comments: 138

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Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer (2022) health.harvard.edu \| points: 262 \| comments: 239

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The benefits of everything being a buffer in Emacs mbork.pl \| points: 254 \| comments: 104

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Cargo airships could be big elidourado.com \| points: 240 \| comments: 230

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Yandex ‘leak’ reveals 1,922 search ranking factors searchengineland.com \| points: 236 \| comments: 70

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PageRank algorithm for graph databases memgraph.com \| points: 227 \| comments: 36

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Toroidal propeller allows a drone to operate more quietly [pdf] ll.mit.edu \| points: 216 \| comments: 98

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Ask HN: Disabled and out of work for years, but need some side income news.ycombinator.com \| points: 216 \| comments: 181

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Sh1mmer – An exploit capable of unenrolling enterprise-managed Chromebooks sh1mmer.me \| points: 205 \| comments: 182

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Swift Achieved Dynamic Linking Where Rust Couldn’t (2019) faultlore.com \| points: 198 \| comments: 248

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Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) re-implemented in C github.com \| points: 194 \| comments: 34

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Where our gasoline comes from eia.gov \| points: 190 \| comments: 151

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