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Re:Show HN: Knuckleball – An in-memory data structure server by pkd on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @09:57AM (#12254488)
Amazing. Sometimes things are done for academic pursuit. If everybody would stop reinventing the wheel then we will never get any alternatives at all. The product does not need to have distinguishing features from the onset, it may gain it later in its lifetime.

Building a data structure server is great exercise in understanding a lot of different things: networking basics, efficient storage, fast retrieval and memory safety. Obviously I don't mean to claim that the author of the project necessarily had the same aims.

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Re:Show HN: Knuckleball – An in-memory data structure server by imron on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @12:51PM (#12255935)
> If everybody would stop reinventing the wheel then we will never get any alternatives at all

Exactly. People complain about reinventing the wheel, but compare the wheels we have today with the wheels we had 2,000 years ago, plus all the different wheels in between.

The wheel has been reinvented many times throughout history, and we are all better off for it.

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Re:Show HN: Knuckleball – An in-memory data structure server by vertex-four on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @04:48PM (#12257609)
Indeed. Ever seen how much technology goes into a modern car wheel and tire?
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