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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PGSimCity – an explorable 3D model that shows how Postgres works

github.com · 38 points · 3 comments

SQLiteWatch – profile SQLite on Linux without code changes

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

QueryTuner – SQL diagnostics across 5 DBs, no database connection

querytuner.com · 8 points · 0 comments

Pg_stat_ch, a Postgres extension to export every metric to ClickHouse

github.com · 4 points · 1 comments

Stinkpot: SQLite-Backed Shell History

tangled.org · 3 points · 0 comments

Postgress in Rust

2 points · 2 comments

h5i-db: Fast Embeded Time-Series Database Written in Rust

medium.com · 3 points · 0 comments

GFQL: Run Cypher on Polars, CPU and GPU, no database required

graphistry.com · 7 points · 0 comments

Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY actually scales

dbos.dev · 372 points · 84 comments

Die Zeit Built a Searchable Database of Nazi Party Members

gijn.org · 9 points · 3 comments

TQuel Paper: Implementing Temporal Operators in Postgres

illuminatedcomputing.com · 5 points · 0 comments

A Database Engine Written in SWI-Prolog

asa-db.kocoygroup.site · 4 points · 0 comments

Stinkpot: SQLite-backed shell history

tangled.org · 127 points · 40 comments

filtersql – a dependency-free JSON-to-SQL compiler for LLMs and WebAPIs

github.com · 3 points · 1 comments

Kimi K3 found 19 0days in latest Redis 8.8.0 in 1.5hrs

github.com · 10 points · 1 comments

I poked at the golden ratio in SQL and solved an open math problem

blob.byteterrace.com · 6 points · 0 comments

SQL service for tables with billions of rows or up to 1M columns

4 points · 3 comments

Pip install Postgres – no Docker/Brew/apt

github.com · 29 points · 8 comments

Syncle – Open-source real-time database synchronization engine

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Kimi K3 exploited the latest Redis server

twitter.com · 271 points · 100 comments

ManiDesk – SQL workspace joining market, macro and fundamental analysis

mani-desk.com · 3 points · 2 comments

VibeSchema – database schema visualizer for large schemas

vibe-schema.com · 3 points · 1 comments

Any text-to-SQL benchmark should address difficulties of real-world data stores

cacm.acm.org · 62 points · 21 comments

SyncLite – An embedded synchronization layer for SQLite and DuckDB

github.com · 2 points · 4 comments

The startup's Postgres survival guide

hatchet.run · 522 points · 240 comments

A flaky test exposed a Redis client use-after-free

buildkite.engineering · 47 points · 14 comments

Datalevin – a simple, fast, and versatile Datalog database

github.com · 8 points · 0 comments

DeepSQL – A self-hostable DBA agent for Postgres and MySQL

deepsql.ai · 52 points · 35 comments

Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database

news.risky.biz · 709 points · 413 comments

MSG database tracked hundreds. Labels include "LGBTQIA," and low to high "risk."

wired.com · 5 points · 16 comments