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New comment by cpursley in "Show HN: StackScope – I crawled over 40k indie launches to see what they ship"

cpursley — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:38:51 +0000

Makes me sad how Nextjs has become the default for so many startups…

New comment by cpursley in "Show HN: macOS menu bar gauges for your Claude Code quota"

cpursley — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:15:29 +0000

Something has gone haywire with that one recently and it constantly freezes and crashes.

New comment by cpursley in "pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable execution"

cpursley — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:40:55 +0000

Cool! I maintain https://postgresisenough.dev, I'd love to get a PR for pg_durable up to include it: https://github.com/agoodway/postgresisenough

New comment by cpursley in "Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to fix air leaks"

cpursley — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:32:33 +0000

Well, they managed to rebuild their launchpad ahead of schedule and launched this big boy not long ago:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/...

They've also got some new passenger jets certified and about to enter production (MC-21 and SU-100).

New comment by cpursley in "pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable execution"

cpursley — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:21:27 +0000

Looks pretty good but I wonder why they didn’t build it on pgmq? If you’re on elixir I maintain a DAG package around this (based on and compatible with pgflow.dev which is TS/Deno).

https://github.com/agoodway/pgflow

New comment by cpursley in "When AI Builds Itself: Our progress toward recursive self-improvement"

cpursley — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:49:38 +0000

A came here just to write: Pretty please let it churn for a few nights and redo Claude Code in Rust. Because the harness is very very good as are their models, but that node thing is a hog for no good reason at all.

New comment by cpursley in "Elixir v1.20 released: now a gradually typed language"

cpursley — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:56:25 +0000

I find beginners respond well to this resource: https://joyofelixir.com/toc.html

New comment by cpursley in "Bun Has Been Converted to Rust. Now What?"

cpursley — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:13:15 +0000

Well, that’s an easy one: start converting all the node dumpster fires into rust as well. Especially the electron apps…

New comment by cpursley in "Ask HN: Entrepreneurs, how long did it take you to succeed?"

cpursley — Fri, 29 May 2026 20:51:41 +0000

What?

New comment by cpursley in "Building durable workflows on Postgres"

cpursley — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:29:41 +0000

https://github.com/agoodway/pgflow#2-define-a-flow

https://www.pgflow.dev/get-started/flows/create-flow/#the-gr...

New comment by cpursley in "Building durable workflows on Postgres"

cpursley — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:20:37 +0000

https://github.com/pgmq/pgmq

New comment by cpursley in "Ask HN: Entrepreneurs, how long did it take you to succeed?"

cpursley — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:45:27 +0000

They are RVs for the water. Pull up anchor and bring your living space with you.

New comment by cpursley in "Ask HN: Entrepreneurs, how long did it take you to succeed?"

cpursley — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:42:48 +0000

https://sive.rs :)

New comment by cpursley in "Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows"

cpursley — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:14:18 +0000

But that's not what we are saying; we're suggesting use Postgres until you truly need something else. 90% of applications aren't "web scale", keep the stack simple and portable. There's no good reason to slap in a ton of moving parts until they are truly needed.

New comment by cpursley in "Building durable workflows on Postgres"

cpursley — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:31:51 +0000

I find it strange that some think in terms of AWS architecture as the default. You could replace nearly the entire AWS stack with an Elixir (Erlang) monolith + Postgres.

New comment by cpursley in "Building durable workflows on Postgres"

cpursley — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:03:40 +0000

PgFlow is pretty awesome for DAG workflows - it's built on pgmq (which does the heavy lifting, making it backend agnostic).

Typescript: https://www.pgflow.dev

Elixir: https://github.com/agoodway/pgflow/blob/main/docs/COMPARISON...

New comment by cpursley in "The Problem with the Ferrari Luce EV Offers a Lesson for Every Leader"

cpursley — Thu, 28 May 2026 10:35:41 +0000

It's an overpriced Hyundai. Just because it has a Ferrari badge does not make it a Ferrari.

Here's what an electric EV supercar could look like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlRIdLz6Juk

New comment by cpursley in "Use boring languages with LLMs"

cpursley — Tue, 26 May 2026 23:33:50 +0000

Is ex_slop one of Dans? That one is great. Been looking for an equivalent in Swift.

New comment by cpursley in "Use boring languages with LLMs"

cpursley — Tue, 26 May 2026 10:23:56 +0000

Here’s some of the reasons it’s so good with Elixir:

https://dashbit.co/blog/why-elixir-best-language-for-ai

New comment by cpursley in "Alaska's oil revival sparks a new energy rush Into the Arctic"

cpursley — Mon, 25 May 2026 20:25:51 +0000

Gasoline is only one of the byproducts of oil products a modern economy requires. Lubricants, diesel, nitrogen, and the list goes on - these are still all needed even if we convert to 100% EVs.