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SQLite in Production: Lessons from Four Years of Running It
SQLite in production lessons from Julia Evans: the ANALYZE fix that cut a query 100x, batching writes around the single writer, and backups that work.
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GitHub Case-Folds 480TB of Code at >45 GiB/s: The Branchless Casefold Crate
casefold is the open-source Rust crate GitHub uses to case-fold code for Blackbird at memory bandwidth, and why dropping the early exit let it vectorize.
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TypeScript 7 Is Here: The Native Go Port Delivers 10x Faster Builds
TypeScript 7.0 ships a Go rewrite of the compiler with 8-12x build speedups and faster editors on large codebases. Benchmarks, why Go, and what changes.
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Astro 7.0: Rust Compiler, Vite 8, and Up to 61% Faster Builds
Astro 7.0 rewrites core components in Rust, upgrades to Vite 8 with Rolldown, and delivers significant performance gains for content-heavy sites.
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DuckDB Internals: What Makes It So Fast
DuckDB internals explained: columnar storage, vectorized execution and an in-process design that let it rival costly clusters on a laptop, plus what HN says.
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Project Valhalla Arrives: Value Classes Ship in JDK 28 After a Decade of Work
Java value classes (JEP 401) arrive in JDK 28 as a preview, removing object identity overhead for dense memory layouts. What changes in your code.
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Is Claude Fable 5 Slow? Latency in Practice, and When It Matters
Claude Fable 5 latency measured: 109 seconds to first token at max effort vs 1.4s for Sonnet 4.6. When slow is fine, when it hurts, and how to route around it.
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Astro vs Next.js 16: Which to Choose in 2026
Astro vs Next.js 16 in 2026: Astro ships far less JavaScript for content sites, while Next.js wins for apps. A decision guide with real config examples.
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Prompt Caching in the Claude API: A Production Guide
Cut Claude API spend by up to 90% with prompt caching. Real numbers, TypeScript SDK code, and the gotchas Anthropic's docs gloss over.
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