Whirlog
Data
embedded database
SHOW HN2021
110points
15comments
#482of 2,533 in 2021
Top 20%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful and fun side project
From 1 comment
Looks like a useful and fun side project, just wish I had time to play with it!
captaincaveman on HN
Interesting approach to log-structured design
From 1 comment
Yes, "log structured" basically means "append only (mostly)" Traditionally on-disk data-structures are modified in-place. But random writes keep disks busy (especially spinning…
curtisf on HN
Objections
Single file per database/table layout may be limiting for large data
From 1 comment
Cool project. Have you known that PostgreSQL was initially written in Lisp? > By a process of elimination, we decided to try writing POSTGRES in LISP. We expected that it would…
mulander on HN
Unclear whether it is truly ACID or versioned via copy-on-write
From 1 comment
Cool project. Have you known that PostgreSQL was initially written in Lisp? > By a process of elimination, we decided to try writing POSTGRES in LISP. We expected that it would…
mulander on HN
Requests
Explain relational part and query capabilities
From 1 comment
Cool project. Have you known that PostgreSQL was initially written in Lisp? > By a process of elimination, we decided to try writing POSTGRES in LISP. We expected that it would…
mulander on HN
Questions
What does log structured mean
From 1 comment
I'm having trouble understanding the term "log structured". Wikipedia has an entry for it, but that seems to describe a very specific mathematical theory that flies right above…
yosamino on HN
Is it inspired by persistent data structures
From 1 comment
Is this inspired by what Chris Okasaki calls persistent data structures in his marvelous little book?
User23 on HN
Is it ACID compliant
From 1 comment
Cool project. Have you known that PostgreSQL was initially written in Lisp? > By a process of elimination, we decided to try writing POSTGRES in LISP. We expected that it would…
mulander on HN
Alternatives named
PostgreSQL
From 1 comment
Cool project. Have you known that PostgreSQL was initially written in Lisp? > By a process of elimination, we decided to try writing POSTGRES in LISP. We expected that it would…
mulander on HN
Datomic
From 1 comment
Check out Datomic
george_ciobanu on HN