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New comment by cleversomething in "Do you even need a database?"

cleversomething — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:27:55 +0000

> what's special about SQLite

Battle-tested, extremely performant, easier to use than a homegrown alternative?

By all means, hack around and make your own pseudo-database file system. Sounds like a fun weekend project. It doesn't sound easier or better or less costly than using SQLite in a production app though.

New comment by cleversomething in "Do you even need a database?"

cleversomething — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:24:49 +0000

That's exactly what I was going to say. This seems more like a neat "look Ma, no database!" hobby project than an actual production recommendation.

New comment by cleversomething in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

cleversomething — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:58:45 +0000

Clearly you didn't ;)

New comment by cleversomething in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

cleversomething — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:14:27 +0000

If you said "This car is stupid, I can't drive it" and it turned out you weren't putting the key in the ignition...

New comment by cleversomething in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

cleversomething — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:12:34 +0000

In my experience it IS very smart for 90% of use cases. I'm curious to identify how someone could be using it in a way where that's not the case.

I hated AI tools a year ago and now I use them every day. If someone's opinions of AI were last updated > 6 months ago I don't think they've really given it a shot.

New comment by cleversomething in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

cleversomething — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:01:49 +0000

what stack do you work in, and how are you prompting it?

New comment by cleversomething in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

cleversomething — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:52:55 +0000

Bitcoin was never actually valuable for the average person except if they got lucky by timing the speculation bubbles right, or if they were buying illegal drugs online.

Lots of AI tools already add actual value and they're only getting better. Every software dev I know uses Claude at some level. Whether it will be the next trillion dollar unicorn might be overhype, but in terms of demonstrating its general utility, it's already there. No need to wait 5 years.

New comment by cleversomething in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

cleversomething — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:48:09 +0000

If I can choose the US specifically, then sometime in the 1950s. I think Baby Boomers in the US will go down as the single luckiest generation on earth in terms of socioeconomic opportunity.