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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Everyone is slowly coming to the same conclusions at the same time ✨ Also, I've quoted Fred Brooks more in the last few months than any other historical figure. The guy was so far ahead of his time. antirez.com/news/169

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I discovered this at mailgun, when we ran into scaling issues using gRPC to stream terabytes of data at scale. Not every tool is appropriate, it is one of the reasons we started working on duh-rpc. github.com/duh-rpc/duh.go

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Followed a link to a Facebook post, got this. Not really sure what the blue guy is doing with the wrench.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Asked Claude to research the 2026 economic outlook based on current data. Took 10 minutes and referenced 500+ sources. ✨

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This was taken from the backseat of a jeep, facing forward through the windshield, driving in Washington. Every time I see it, I can't believe it came out this good.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

True story, we mostly test in production, rarely ever pushed to staging before production. Because our testing focused on what was important. Which gave us a high level of confidence our change didn't break anything. Also, it was common to deploy 3-5 times a day even Fridays.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Atuin is like Jupyter Notebooks but for the terminal. blog.atuin.sh/atuin-deskto...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Quite probably the most important essay anyone could read right now, especially if you have kids. open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Deep dive into KeyDB's architecture revealed SO_REUSEPORT's power: ✅ Eliminates accept() bottlenecks - kernel distributes connections directly to threads ✅ Zero coordination overhead - no locks needed ✅ Same thread accepts & processes The kernel does the heavy lifting while your threads stay focused

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

> The person who communicates best, becomes the programmer. Senior devs get more from AI because they know how to explain complex ideas clearly. They have years of experience communicating to teams of developers. THAT, translates well to working with AI. youtu.be/8rABwKRsec4?...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

While browsing through repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub..., I came across a charming rhyme. I sincerely hope the author intended it, as it really brightened my day. 😄

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

What an amazing first day at #SD25 Systems Distributed in Amsterdam! It was a joy to hear all the wonderful talks and meet so many people building the next generation of software. The tiger beetle team have built something special here.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I'm in Amsterdam this week for Systems Distributed #SD25! First surprise, the sun is up at 4:00 am! This is the northern most city I've ever visited during the spring months. The early sun rise makes sense because: earth == round 😅✨

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I've discovered the key to employing multiple @claude_code agents at once. I never thought I could handle multiple tasks like this before. I managed to complete all these pull requests from start to finish in just one day 🥹

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Claude Code has completely changed my workflow. While not perfect, I'm quickly learning what tasks I can outsource to Claude. This allows me to focus on code and product architecture in ways I never thought possible before. I'm more productive than I've been in years.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Building a profitable, lifestyle business, with a focus on outcomes and people (both customers and employees) should be the goal of all businesses. I hate the idea that businesses need to dominate the market. It can lead to a lifestyle change for a few, but at the expense of others.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Great day for a weekend vendor market.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I added the `retry` package to the Tackle Project! Easily add retries with exponential back off to any resource. Include a global budget to limit your service impact on the resource during outages. github.com/kapetan-io/t...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

My boys begin to appreciate the joys of bike riding. They asked me to ride again, after last weekends "I'm so tired and hot" 🤣

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This is an unfortunately common, but misguided assumption that one must have X knowledge, or be able to solve Y, else you're not a programmer. This isn't the1980s, diversity of talent is so vast today, many work the career without ever knowing what a binary tree is, and this, is, a, good, thing.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

2 weeks of refactor work on Slatedb. I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would. The adventure continues!

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Unlike the default dinosaur storage engine that comes with PostgreSQL. The new OrioleDB storage engine eliminates the need for periodic vacuuming of tables! ✨🤩 www.orioledb.com/blo...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This is from the golang "getting started guide" WHY IS #OTEL LIKE THIS?!?!?!? Source: opentelemetry.io/doc...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Tackle has a new logo, and updated docs. Recently added `wait` package to manage go routines with. github.com/kapetan-i...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We've known for a while the Kafka protocol not great, yet companies continue to invest in Kafka compatible products. Jepson testing sheds some doubt on data safety. jepsen.io/analyses/b...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

WindMill is the modern way to run one off scripts. Build, Deploy, and Run all those scripts with TS, Golang, Python and orchestrate them into a workflow. Amazing project!

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

And because I'm extremely passionate about this topic, I have to share one more thing. I'm currently building an open source version of the system we use internally to execute part of our decoupled architecture. github.com/kapetan-io/q...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Same, I watched Lord of the rings recently and this jumped out at me, maybe it'll help.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

#Google #Gemini did a decent job generating a new logo for group-cache. Curious if I can do anything for querator.io the entire website needs HELP!

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

People would much rather live their life like a mushroom, in the dark and surrounded by manure. -- James Burke

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Learn how a b-tree works with interactive animations 🤩 planetscale.com/blog...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Diving deep into slatedb.io?utm_sourc... has been a fascinating journey. Efficient #storage and retrial of data is so important to sustainability and controlling costs. #database #s3

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Proud to announce github.com/groupcach... V3 for #golang has a new logo and updated docs! Understanding the efficiency and performance benefits of an in application distributed #cache has never been easier!

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Free and open source, simple, and intuitive database design editor, data-modeler, and SQL generator www.drawdb.app 😍

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