whispem

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   by whispem 9mo ago

   Thanks!
2. 32.▲
   by whispem 9mo ago

   minikv implements an S3-compatible API, so you can use S3 clients/tools to PUT and GET objects through its HTTP endpoints—just like a real S3 server. However, all storage is managed locally (in-memory, RocksDB, or Sled) by minikv. It d
3. 33.▲
   by whispem 9mo ago

   00110001 00110000 00110001 (just kidding—this project is built and maintained by a real person)
4. 34.▲
   by whispem 9mo ago

   Thanks!
5. 35.▲
   by whispem 9mo ago

   Nope, it’s all me—both code and comments :) If you want to review something technical, I’m happy to chat!
6. 36.▲
   by whispem 9mo ago

   No AI involved here—just me doing my best to be clear and thoughtful in my replies.
7. 37.▲
   by whispem 9mo ago

   Thanks for the insight! You’re absolutely right—the distributed KV/object storage space is very mature, and I don’t expect to “out-innovate” the current leaders. My main goal is to learn by reimplementing challenging systems from (alm
8. 38.▲
   by whispem 9mo ago

   Haha, thanks! I like the clarity of the real arrow—it just makes flows in comments more readable for me. Glad to see someone noticed!
9. 39.▲
   by whispem 9mo ago

   Thanks a lot for the suggestion and the link! I’m mainly building minikv to learn more about real-world distributed storage and consensus—and to see how far I can take it as a personal project. Long term, I’d like to reach a level where it
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    by whispem 9mo ago

    Good question! All the code, architecture, logic, and design in minikv were written by me, 100% by hand. I did use AI tools only for a small part of the documentation—specifically the README, LEARNING.md, and RAM_COMMUNITY.md files—to help
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    by whispem 9mo ago

    Thanks for the kind words and for the “beginners” encouragement—totally agree, it’s easy to lose sight of that! I get the point about feature creep. I started “small,” then kept adding features as a way to learn and push my limits. My goa
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    by whispem 9mo ago

    Thanks a lot for your comment! I’ve put a lot of work into this over the past year—learning from established open source projects and carefully testing every feature to build something robust and reliable. For now, this is still a passion
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    Show HN: Minikv – Distributed key-value and object store in Rust (Raft, S3 API)(github.com)

    35 points by whispem 9mo ago|39 comments