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// voidDB is a cherished toy, a journey into the Unknown, a heroic struggle, // and a work of love. It is the “Twee!” of a bird; a tree falling in the // fo
by fasteo 2y ago
// voidDB is a cherished toy, a journey into the Unknown, a heroic struggle,
// and a work of love. It is the “Twee!” of a bird; a tree falling in the
// forest; yet another programmer pouring their drop into the proverbial [bit]
// bucket. Above all, it is a shrine unto simple, readable, and functional
// code; an assertion that the dichotomy between such aesthetics and practical
// performance is mere illusion.
[1] https://github.com/voidDB/voidDB/blob/ac104867749e2c698b3d613ffba509fb3088a5eb/overview.go#L148C1-L153C33 https://github.com/voidDB/voidDB/blob/ac104867749e2c698b3d61...
- srameshc 2y agoI admire the author who took up the challenge of writing a KV DB and cherishing self's efforts. I hope someday I could do something similar and feel accomplished.
- joel-ling 2y agoFive years ago, I was new to KV DBs and Golang. You can!
- kunley 2y agoLove the poetry in the comment prose! Endeavour so much needed in the industry. It can only come out of the joy of coding, how else could it be born...
- jakewins 2y agoIt always made me happy to hack nearby the Neo4j page cache "Muninn", because it meant I'd pass by Chris Vest's poem and giant ascii Raven: https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/blob/release/5.26.0/community/io/src/main/java/org/neo4j/io/pagecache/impl/muninn/MuninnPageCache.java#L74 https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/blob/release/5.26.0/community...
- joel-ling 2y agoBeautiful reminder of the often forgotten aspect of technical work. Huginn: thought, perception, comprehension, ... Muninn: care, urge, wonder, curiosity, interest, ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huginn_and_Muninn#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huginn_and_Muninn#Etymology
- joel-ling 2y agoThank you for highlighting. These contain references to some philosophies I relate to and find comforting, including those most prominently articulated by Ernest Becker and Alan Watts.