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Re:Craft software that makes people feel something on Thursday December 11, 2025 @05:03PM (#46237861)
case in point: the lil mouse-snakey-animation-thing on your homepage is excessively satisfying and making me feel lots of things
Re:Basic: A new database for privacy and local-first on Thursday August 01, 2024 @03:36PM (#41132718)
hello! I've been working on a new database for user-owned data, with a focus on privacy and local-first data. launched the docs today, would love all feedback! :)
Re: on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @02:16PM (#39758686)
tldr: i am building a new kind of database, but have a very difficult time figuring out what im really selling, and why it matters.

pls help

this is really cute!
ooh ive been following their work[1], they published an interesting paper about transactions accross different data stores[2]

i wonder how it works with long running functions, does it lock the db?

[1] https://dbos-project.github.io/ [2] https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol16/p2742-kraft.pdf

whoa this is seriously impressive!
i love this kinda interactive documentation, its so great to be able to tinker as you learn. well done!
Re:Little Data: How do we query personal data? (2013) on Friday March 01, 2024 @02:18PM (#39565659)
love it - another relevant project: https://www.mainframe.so/ - its a bit finicky when i tried, but interesting.
so cool!
Re:A personal AI chess coach on Friday February 16, 2024 @03:36PM (#39402612)
coool, when can it teach me how to play if I know nothing D:
yeah that's fair - i was one of the free ones lol
tuta dot com is free for personal, pretty good
yeah but im glad they atleast let you export as markdown instead of just notion, at least i can use obsidian now
makes me wonder if "users don't care about privacy" is more true than i thought
congrats to the team! a little sad at the shutdown however, one of the few privacy focused products with good design and attention to detail
Re:Learning about b-trees in Factorio on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @07:29PM (#38284389)
omg tysm!!
Re:Learning about b-trees in Factorio on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @02:42PM (#38281361)
thanks! but yea as some people mentioned, i need to sort/filter multiple items, (ie the first node needs wood,coal,stone to go left and the metals to go right), and the splitters can only filter 1 item.
Re:Learning about b-trees in Factorio on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @02:37PM (#38281328)
thanks for the notes! def want to see if I can implement self-balancing next - was thinking the bots would come in handy here? not sure if its possible to have them dynamically build blueprints
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2023) on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @01:36PM (#36589950)
Basic DB | Founding Engineer | Full-time | SF | Onsite hybrid | https://basic.tech/careers

We are a recently funded startup, building a new serverless database for user-owned data. We want to give developers an "it just works" database that is fully serverless and multi-model, meanwhile ensuring users retain full ownership over their data.

Hiring exceptional UI/Design/Frontend engineers & database/systems/backend engineers!

I am an ex-YC founder building a team of database & web enthusiasts :) Checkout basic.tech/careers to apply & learn more or reach out at raz@

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2023) on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @07:20PM (#36220473)
Basic | Founding Engineer | Full-time | SF, NYC | Onsite hybrid https://basic.tech/careers

We are a recently funded startup, building a new serverless database for user-owned data. Essentially, we want to give developers a "it just works" database, that is fully serverless and supports relational and non-relational data, meanwhile keeping user data private and sovereign.

I am an ex-YC founder building a team of data enthusiasts :) Checkout basic.tech/careers to apply & learn more or reach out at raz@