michellegienow
Re:The Halloween Problem: a spooky (and true) SQL story
on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:38AM (#38085541)
dang this IS scary. still not as terrifying as clowns tho
Re:Google Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon DynamoDB
on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:14AM (#37857473)
^^^ this
Re:Google Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon DynamoDB
on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:14AM (#37857466)
if you are interested in spanner, you might take a look at cockroachdb. esp the production ready serverless offering which is pay for consumption only. crdb architecture is essentially spanner under the bonnet, GIFFE
Re:Happy Birthday, Grace Hopper
on Friday December 09, 2022 @06:01PM (#33927596)
My favorite Grace Hopper fact nobody seems to know: She was an early Mark I programmer and was tasked with compiling a book on how to program the machine. (IOW how to punch the right holes in the paper tape to then feed into the machine). This was the world's very first computer manual. (I go back and forth over whether this was a good thing)
Re:New stateful serverless stack just dropped
on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:36PM (#33180311)
not just cake. STATEFUL CAKE. ymmmmmmmmmmm
Re:Did Neanderthals make art?
on Thursday September 22, 2022 @02:11PM (#32942571)
Neanderthals probably did have some form of language since appear to also have had a gene that is crucial to language in humans. And they buried their dead. So why would we presume they didn't make some sort of marks intentionally, to convey meaning or just to decorate their favorite rock?
Looks like serious CDC upgrades in new CockroachDB v21.2
Re:CockroachDB Serverless Launches, Aspires to Be Developers’ Database
on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @09:59AM (#29013357)
distributed db with postgres tool & client capability = verrrry interesting already. now serverless too, and free? <excitement intensifies>
Re:Ask HN: How do you cost-efficiently host your small personal projects?
on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @10:50AM (#28918691)
Cockroach just today launched a free hosted serverless version of the db. Looks generous free tier then reasonable once you outgrow, postgres wire compatible, sign up thru GH https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/announcing-cockroachdb-se...
Re:WTF Is Serverless, Anyway?
on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:06PM (#28749507)
Took a shot at figuring out what serverless actually does for devs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WTF Is Serverless, Anyway?
Re:Race: Setting up CockroachCloud Free vs. cooking ramen
on Thursday July 29, 2021 @12:46PM (#27998476)
this was fun! and now i want ramen...i guess after i set up my new db lol