Philip O'Toole
Person on 3 sites
Software engineer working on distributed systems and databases; creator of the rqlite distributed SQLite database.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The different ways of replicating SQLite (consensus, streaming and merge) each answer a different question, and most arguments between their users are about which question is being asked. (opens korrents.com)
“Each is correct for a different question, and most of the arguments are arguments between their users about which question is being asked.”
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SQLite as a storage engine, with replication added on the outside, is the right core design for a replicated database. (opens korrents.com)
“The core was right. SQLite as a storage engine, with replication added on the outside, has been reinvented by at least eight teams with different needs and different protocols. Nobody has found a reason to stop doing it.”
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The capital and acquisitions in infrastructure ideas usually go to the projects that turn them into a paid service, not to the open-source projects that came first. (opens korrents.com)
“The projects that raised the capital or got acquired are the ones that turned replicated SQLite into a service with a bill. That is the usual fate of infrastructure ideas, and I do not mind it.”
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The different ways of replicating SQLite (consensus, streaming and merge) each answer a different question, and most arguments between their users are about which question is being asked. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Mythical Man-Month (opens rcmnd.app)
“The amazing thing about The Mythical Man Month is that it doesn't feel dated, even though it was first published in 1975. Instead it simply feels like a group of programmers discussing the very same challenges the…”
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Writing Solid Code (opens rcmnd.app)
“This book had a big impact on me as young software developer. It was the first time I saw in print the principle "bugs that go away by themselves come back by themselves". It's something that I've often repeated to…”
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The C Programming Language (opens rcmnd.app)
“What can one say about this book, that hasn't been said already? Perhaps this: that of all the books written about programming, this has the highest information density of them all. And yet it's so pleasant to read.…”
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The Mythical Man-Month (opens rcmnd.app)