I know of many great products that a lot of HN users use or have used in the past. Not once have I felt the need to submit their announcement for a new product feature because I feel like it would spark discussion or foster genuine inspiration.
Don’t get me wrong but clicking on this link I was expecting an actual detailed guide/explanation.
There is nothing anyone can say to justify this being on the front page considering both the submission title and the actual content of the said submission.
By your standard every single Apple product announcement should not be on HN's front page.
>There is nothing anyone can say to justify this being on the front page
There's a "hide" button on HN posts if downvoting them isn't enough for you.
There's a "flag" button also.
Re:Safely Dropping MySQL Tables
by throwusawayus on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:43PM
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article title is misleading! it is about planetscale only, not mysql in general. borderline click bait
also posted by a former github person. not sure if poster is author or works at planetscale but a lot of ex github engg are there
Re:Safely Dropping MySQL Tables
by samlambert on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:07PM
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It wouldn’t be a PlanetScale post without our biggest fan throwusawayus. Let me know if you want a hat.
The next ingredient would be if dropping MySQL tables is a relatively big pain (or known but unmanaged risk) that most of those people have experienced at some point.
Then this feature would be exciting news for that not-so-small cohort and that seems sufficient for HN upvotes?
I don't know if that's what happened today. I've heard about planetscale a few times but never used it. I can attest that dropping tables is always scary.