Databases stories

Data storage and retrieval remain central to every serious system. This topic covers SQL and NoSQL databases, distributed systems, query engines, and the trade-offs teams make when choosing data infrastructure.

Postgres releases, SQLite appreciation threads, and NewSQL debates regularly dominate HN — this archive preserves them.

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Maps and database of 802.11 wireless networks, with statistics

wigle.net · 7 points · 0 comments

Gogress a simple SQL database in Go with WAL support

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

PgExtAssure – pre-admission security evidence for PostgreSQL extensions

github.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Giving an LLM your prod database is easy. Taking access away is the hard part

deepsql.ai · 4 points · 6 comments

ServerKit - Self-hosted control panel for apps, Docker, and databases

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Why Elasticsearch is becoming a columnar database

elastic.co · 17 points · 1 comments

CBP Officers and Contractors Abused Government Databases to Stalk Their Exes

techdirt.com · 11 points · 0 comments

Mini DBA – monitoring for on prem and cloud databases in 1 place

demo.minidba.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Three ways to smuggle SQLite into Nix

fzakaria.com · 25 points · 6 comments

DuckDB V2 PEG-based SQL parser

duckdb.org · 71 points · 8 comments

Interactive PostgreSQL Permissions

thepartly.github.io · 2 points · 3 comments

A data viewer for choosing Frigate-compatible IP cameras

github.com · 48 points · 6 comments

GPU VulnDB – open vulnerability database for GPU infrastructure

gpuvulndb.org · 2 points · 0 comments

FindHost – hosting provider database with no affiliate links

findhost.app · 4 points · 5 comments

Go 1.27

go.dev · 182 points · 265 comments

PostgreSQL for Everything

raphaelbauer.com · 234 points · 269 comments

Postgres 19: How Our Advice Has Changed Since We Wrote It

crunchydata.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Craton Bolt – A Pure Rust, JIT-Compiled GPU SQL Engine

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Engrava – a local graph memory database for AI agents (SQLite, MIT)

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Rethinking Database Programming

acadia.engineering · 89 points · 161 comments

We don't search databases–we calculate reality. EXXOGEN is now live

sites.google.com · 5 points · 5 comments

How to ship a database every day

turbopuffer.com · 6 points · 10 comments

Sib - Unixy LLM Client using Git to store converastions, instead SQLite

github.com · 4 points · 1 comments

Growth of CVEs fixed in Postgres looks exponential

twitter.com · 3 points · 2 comments

Widen, a native Postgres GUI using Apple's on-device LLM

github.com · 9 points · 0 comments

DHS demands AAMVA's national commercial driver database

papersplease.org · 14 points · 1 comments

Databases stories

Maps and database of 802.11 wireless networks, with statistics

Gogress a simple SQL database in Go with WAL support

PgExtAssure – pre-admission security evidence for PostgreSQL extensions

Giving an LLM your prod database is easy. Taking access away is the hard part

ServerKit - Self-hosted control panel for apps, Docker, and databases

Why Elasticsearch is becoming a columnar database

CBP Officers and Contractors Abused Government Databases to Stalk Their Exes

Mini DBA – monitoring for on prem and cloud databases in 1 place

Three ways to smuggle SQLite into Nix

DuckDB V2 PEG-based SQL parser

Interactive PostgreSQL Permissions

A data viewer for choosing Frigate-compatible IP cameras

GPU VulnDB – open vulnerability database for GPU infrastructure

FindHost – hosting provider database with no affiliate links

Go 1.27

PostgreSQL for Everything

Postgres 19: How Our Advice Has Changed Since We Wrote It

Craton Bolt – A Pure Rust, JIT-Compiled GPU SQL Engine

Engrava – a local graph memory database for AI agents (SQLite, MIT)

Rethinking Database Programming

We don't search databases–we calculate reality. EXXOGEN is now live

How to ship a database every day

Sib - Unixy LLM Client using Git to store converastions, instead SQLite

Growth of CVEs fixed in Postgres looks exponential

Widen, a native Postgres GUI using Apple's on-device LLM

DHS demands AAMVA's national commercial driver database

How AI is changing how I build software with Simon Willison, on Talking Postgres

How to ship a database every day

NIST Seeks Blueprint for AI-Era Overhaul of National Vulnerability Database

RayforceDB – a pure C analytics database with a Lisp-like syntax