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Keeping a Postgres queue healthy — PlanetScale Simeon Griggs explains the challenges and dynamics of queue workloads in Postgres. A job queue in Postgres is desirable because of transactionality, and because it spares you from...
I started my home lab in 2021. It began with some basic Home Assistant automations and, over the last few years, has spiralled into a proper stack of VMs and containers. I’m self-taught, which is a polite way of saying I’ve learned most...
This week, I've been randomly listening to rare Bright Eyes deep cuts.
Healing a nasty road rash I got on my bicycle.
The fifth weird story in my new collection Thin Places in Hard Concrete is told in the form of a series of reviews of a holiday apartment, and responses from the host. It’s another of my experiments with form along the lines of ‘Modern...
Virginia Postrel for Works in Progress: Engineering the disposable diaper. I, for one, am grateful that there is no more need for “the knife method” of diaper washing — one guess as to what the knife was used for. The article doesn’t...
My friend Michael Regan, a Bloomberg journalist, sent me a link to a Bloomberg article Mike commented: “Gazump: Fun new Britishism making the rounds on Wall Street.” I didn’t know from “gazump” so immediately looked it up. The OED‘s main...
I’m going take a break with the band obits for a bit in favour of some good news – specifically the official announcement of this year’s Next Music From Tokyo lineup, aka the best live music weekend of the year. While there had been some...
The Checkout Counter #41 somehow i haven't had any hay fever symptoms this year, so i've been able to enjoy spring much more. sunshine and pleasant temperatures are nice to experience, who knew!thanks for reading :) until next time! Film...