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New comment by onatm in "Let's Build PlanetScale from Scratch: Infrastructure"

onatm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:36:12 +0000

I haven’t put too much thought into this yet. A "branch" depth threshold is the first thing that comes to mind, with RBD flattening as an option once that threshold is reached.

New comment by onatm in "Let's Build PlanetScale from Scratch: Infrastructure"

onatm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:28:17 +0000

The performance definitely sucks but it's not a really serious project. I wouldn't use something like Homescale for using facing products.

New comment by onatm in "Let's Build PlanetScale from Scratch: Infrastructure"

onatm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:26:39 +0000

It was a good read. I also worked on a similar product that used zfs instead of Ceph.

Also, as you said, Homescale is a lot closer to Xata. It all started as a joke and the name stuck.

New comment by onatm in "Let's Build PlanetScale from Scratch: Infrastructure"

onatm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:28:02 +0000

I am not sure where you think I claimed it'll be "easy and quick". Do you really think building a system on top of k8s internals and Ceph is something that everybody can pull off?.

New comment by onatm in "Let's Build PlanetScale from Scratch: Infrastructure"

onatm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:19:49 +0000

It's far from complete. This is just the infrastructure bit that I need to build the actual service. I am going to build an operator, a coordinator, an API and a CLI. I am going to continue writing posts while building them.

New comment by onatm in "Let's Build PlanetScale from Scratch: Infrastructure"

onatm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:13:32 +0000

I hope they'll enjoy reading it.

Let's Build PlanetScale from Scratch: Infrastructure

onatm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:58:09 +0000

Article URL: https://onatm.dev/2026/07/16/homescale-part-1/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48933303

Points: 128

# Comments: 18

Stack Overflow for Agents

onatm — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:12:26 +0000

Article URL: https://agents.stackoverflow.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48466112

Points: 10

# Comments: 4

New comment by onatm in "Phonicorn: A self-hosted phonics flashcard app for kids practice word sounds"

onatm — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:02:52 +0000

Hey HN, I vibe-coded a small self-hosted phonics flashcard app for my daughter this afternoon. She has an "exam" next week based on the words in the data folder. If your kids struggle with phonics, you can use this too: generate word lists with any LLM, drop them into the data folder, and follow the README.

Phonicorn: A self-hosted phonics flashcard app for kids practice word sounds

onatm — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:02:52 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/onatm/phonicorn

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428464

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Provisioning a Private Talos Kubernetes Cluster on Hetzner Cloud

onatm — Sat, 30 May 2026 21:31:02 +0000

Article URL: https://onatm.dev/2026/05/30/provisioning-a-private-talos-kubernetes-cluster-on-hetzner-cloud/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340800

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

We Lost Our Imagination

onatm — Sun, 17 May 2026 21:13:02 +0000

Article URL: https://onatm.dev/2026/05/17/we-lost-our-imagination/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173241

Points: 10

# Comments: 3

Private Networking on Hetzner Cloud with Tailscale

onatm — Sun, 17 May 2026 11:17:41 +0000

Article URL: https://onatm.dev/2026/01/28/private-networking-on-hetzner-cloud-with-tailscale/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48167879

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How we replaced ingress NGINX at Stack Overflow

onatm — Thu, 07 May 2026 16:33:25 +0000

Article URL: https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/05/06/how-we-replaced-nginx-ingress-at-stack-overflow/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48051428

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

What can change the nature of an AI?

onatm — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:52:48 +0000

Article URL: https://onatm.dev/2026/03/14/what-can-change-the-nature-of-an-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382144

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Snapbyte – personalized email digests from HN/Reddit/Lobsters

onatm — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:58:37 +0000

Creator here. I built Snapbyte because I stopped having the time/energy to browse Hacker News / Reddit / Lobsters / Devto regularly, but I still wanted to keep up with things worth reading. Snapbyte collects posts from multiple tech communities, filters them based on your interests, summarises them, and sends you a personalised email digest on a schedule you choose.

You can try it without creating an account (the homepage shows real example digests).

Some implementation details: Runs as a set of small services on my k8s cluster. Scraping via trafilatura. Summaries via gemini-3-flash-preview. Mix of TypeScript / Python / Go

Happy to answer questions, especially around scoring/filtering and what sources people would want next.

Note: if this post makes it to the HN front page, it’ll likely show up in Snapbyte digests tomorrow.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47040895

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Private Networking on Hetzner Cloud with Tailscale

onatm — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:33:23 +0000

Article URL: https://onatm.dev/2026/01/28/private-networking-on-hetzner-cloud-with-tailscale/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46800407

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Specs.md – AI-native development framework

onatm — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:49:39 +0000

Article URL: https://specs.md

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749004

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Snapbyte – personalized email digests from HN/Reddit/Lobsters

onatm — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:10:34 +0000

Creator here. I built Snapbyte because I stopped having the time/energy to browse Hacker News / Reddit / Lobsters / Devto regularly, but I still wanted to keep up with things worth reading.

Snapbyte collects posts from multiple tech communities, filters them based on your interests, summarises them, and sends you a personalised email digest on a schedule you choose.

You can try it without creating an account (the homepage shows real example digests).

Some implementation details: Runs as a set of small services on my k8s cluster. Scraping via trafilatura. Summaries via gemini-3-flash-preview. Mix of TypeScript / Python / Go

Happy to answer questions, especially around scoring/filtering and what sources people would want next.

Note: if this post makes it to the HN front page, it’ll likely show up in Snapbyte digests tomorrow.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46710074

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by onatm in "Why I Built My Own Kubernetes Cluster on Hetzner Cloud"

onatm — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:09:08 +0000

I updated the title.