The standup argument about Phoenix and ClickHouse keeps coming back because both sides are right. Both engines are log-structured, and four knobs decide which workload each one handles well. Measured on a test stand, with Cassandra as a third engine.
Four ways to keep report aggregates over a stream of receipts in ClickHouse, why each of them failed, and the design we kept: cells that are recomputed from their documents instead of added up.
AI writes code faster than any developer. But who sets the task, reviews the result, and owns the architecture? On why foundational knowledge matters more now, not less.
Three concepts from compiler design that transformed how I think about code generation — and why they matter beyond compilers.
How I transformed a minimalist but dry blog into something that actually feels alive — one CSS tweak at a time.
A tool born from frustration with multi-version protobuf schemas. How to handle protocol evolution without losing your mind.
A story of over-engineering a personal website with Rust, Axum, and HTMX — and why I don't regret it.