Things of interest to Bill Heyman

Data / Databases / Infrastructure

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  1. It appears circular, but the balls are really moving in straight lines https://t.co/HawsQTlwIZ

    It appears circular, but the balls are really moving in straight lines https://t.co/HawsQTlwIZ

    Mar 21, 2026
  2. 🚨Breaking: Someone just open sourced a database of 1,000+ free clones of your favorite classic game

    🚨Breaking: Someone just open sourced a database of 1,000+ free clones of your favorite classic games and it's wild. It's called OSGameClones. And it's not a piracy site. It's a fully searchable, comm

    Mar 16, 2026
  3. If you are 55, this becomes your greatest asset. By this point in life, your biggest asset is no lo

    If you are 55, this becomes your greatest asset. By this point in life, your biggest asset is no longer money or strength. It is the clarity that experience gives you. By 55, life has quietly removed

    Mar 7, 2026
  4. They quietly removed the most intense exercise that grew a child's brain beyond their level. Read m

    They quietly removed the most intense exercise that grew a child's brain beyond their level. Read more about the Dual Attention Switching.. 🧵 https://t.co/XXW5DyYirs

    Mar 5, 2026
  5. Post by Harshil Tomar Feb 24, 2026
  6. Today I am here to sing the praises of https://t.co/UTrPYPx8Mm. I only recently found out this webs...

    Today I am here to sing the praises of https://t.co/UTrPYPx8Mm. I only recently found out this website exists. It's a database that indexes open-source software projects and relates them to their pack

    Feb 17, 2026
  7. queue.json on object storage is all you need to build a reliable distributed job queue → FIFO execu...

    queue.json on object storage is all you need to build a reliable distributed job queue → FIFO execution → at-least-once delivery → 10x lower tail latencies https://t.co/H0NDwJAtwq

    Feb 12, 2026
  8. Noether’s Theorem ✍️ This equation reveals that every continuous symmetry in nature, a change you c

    Noether’s Theorem ✍️ This equation reveals that every continuous symmetry in nature, a change you can make to a system without affecting its physical laws, brings about a conservation law. In simple t

    Feb 12, 2026
  9. These skills are quietly disappearing, one day you’ll need one, and nobody will know what to do. rea...

    These skills are quietly disappearing, one day you’ll need one, and nobody will know what to do. read:

    Feb 1, 2026
  10. These skills are quietly disappearing, one day you’ll need one, and nobody will know what to do. rea

    These skills are quietly disappearing, one day you’ll need one, and nobody will know what to do. read:

    Feb 1, 2026
  11. CG/SQL – SQL dialect compiler to C for sqlite3 mimicking stored procedures

    CG/SQL – SQL dialect compiler to C for sqlite3 mimicking stored procedures Comments

    Feb 1, 2026
  12. CG/SQL – SQL dialect compiler to C for sqlite3 mimicking stored procedures Comments

    CG/SQL – SQL dialect compiler to C for sqlite3 mimicking stored procedures Comments

    Feb 1, 2026
  13. Time series databases are extremely good at compression, and most use an interesting trick called De...

    Time series databases are extremely good at compression, and most use an interesting trick called Delta of Delta compression. Here's how it works... In time series data, values are typically recorded

    Jan 19, 2026
  14. Time series databases are extremely good at compression, and most use an interesting trick called De

    Time series databases are extremely good at compression, and most use an interesting trick called Delta of Delta compression. Here's how it works... In time series data, values are typically recorded

    Jan 19, 2026
  15. Visualize 350TB of LiDAR Point Clouds (75 Trillion Points in Your Browser!) Learn how to access a

    Visualize 350TB of LiDAR Point Clouds (75 Trillion Points in Your Browser!) Learn how to access and visualize massive USGS LiDAR datasets, including over 350TB and 75 trillion points, directly in your

    Jan 18, 2026
  16. You can now parse any document with one 1.7B parameter model. It’s called dots-ocr. One system that...

    You can now parse any document with one 1.7B parameter model. It’s called dots-ocr. One system that handles text, tables, formulas, images, and PDFs across 100+ languages. No separate OCR pipeline. No

    Jan 17, 2026
  17. You can now parse any document with one 1.7B parameter model. It’s called dots-ocr. One system that

    You can now parse any document with one 1.7B parameter model. It’s called dots-ocr. One system that handles text, tables, formulas, images, and PDFs across 100+ languages. No separate OCR pipeline. No

    Jan 17, 2026
  18. Volumetric Cloud Rendering www.jacktollenaar.top

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    Jan 13, 2026
  19. Volumetric Cloud Rendering Comments

    Volumetric Cloud Rendering Comments

    Jan 13, 2026
  20. If I had to guess - this creator generates the scripts with ChatGPT, makes the image with NB Pro, do

    If I had to guess - this creator generates the scripts with ChatGPT, makes the image with NB Pro, does the voice on Eleven, and then lip syncs with Hedra/Veed/OmniHuman. It’s wild that you can use thi

    Jan 10, 2026
  21. When I first took ordinary differential equations, the pattern was always the same. Week 1 turns int...

    When I first took ordinary differential equations, the pattern was always the same. Week 1 turns into a speedrun of methods: separation of variables, integrating factors, variation of parameters, Bern

    Jan 8, 2026
  22. When I first took ordinary differential equations, the pattern was always the same. Week 1 turns int

    When I first took ordinary differential equations, the pattern was always the same. Week 1 turns into a speedrun of methods: separation of variables, integrating factors, variation of parameters, Bern

    Jan 8, 2026
  23. My hypothesis was right. Two weeks ago I dropped $4000 on a maxed-out MacBook to test if local codi...

    My hypothesis was right. Two weeks ago I dropped $4000 on a maxed-out MacBook to test if local coding models could replace $100+/mo cloud subscriptions. After weeks of real development work, here's wh

    Dec 20, 2025
  24. My hypothesis was right. Two weeks ago I dropped $4000 on a maxed-out MacBook to test if local codi

    My hypothesis was right. Two weeks ago I dropped $4000 on a maxed-out MacBook to test if local coding models could replace $100+/mo cloud subscriptions. After weeks of real development work, here's wh

    Dec 20, 2025
  25. @davepl1968 We should be able to have an AI app examine all files on a drive and make a database of ...

    @davepl1968 We should be able to have an AI app examine all files on a drive and make a database of info about them, using AI audio, image and video recog, searching online for info, filling in user c

    Nov 20, 2025
  26. @fermatslibrary One of the most common flaws of math textbooks is that they present only the logic, ...

    @fermatslibrary One of the most common flaws of math textbooks is that they present only the logic, without the intuition. They give you the later, cleaned up version of the idea, which hides the way

    Nov 13, 2025
  27. @fermatslibrary One of the most common flaws of math textbooks is that they present only the logic,

    @fermatslibrary One of the most common flaws of math textbooks is that they present only the logic, without the intuition. They give you the later, cleaned up version of the idea, which hides the way

    Nov 13, 2025
  28. If you’re wondering why GTA 6 is taking so long: Red Dead Redemption 2 has fully rendered 3D clouds...

    If you’re wondering why GTA 6 is taking so long: Red Dead Redemption 2 has fully rendered 3D clouds that you can fly through, in a game that has no flying… You only see this ONCE in the main story, un

    Nov 8, 2025
  29. If you’re wondering why GTA 6 is taking so long: Red Dead Redemption 2 has fully rendered 3D clouds

    If you’re wondering why GTA 6 is taking so long: Red Dead Redemption 2 has fully rendered 3D clouds that you can fly through, in a game that has no flying… You only see this ONCE in the main story, un

    Nov 8, 2025
  30. Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off go.theregister.com

    Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off Running AIs on your own machine lets you stick it to the man and save some cash in the process Feature After a decade or two of the cloud, we're use

    Aug 31, 2025
  31. Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off Running AIs on your own machine lets you stick

    Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off Running AIs on your own machine lets you stick it to the man and save some cash in the process Feature After a decade or two of the cloud, we're use

    Aug 31, 2025
  32. Please Don't Promote Wayland

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    Aug 13, 2025
  33. Please Don't Promote Wayland Comments

    Please Don't Promote Wayland Comments

    Aug 13, 2025
  34. Wonder why math is important in gamedev? Let’s talk about sine waves today and how they can be used...

    Wonder why math is important in gamedev? Let’s talk about sine waves today and how they can be used to make real-time VFX! (1/10) #math #realtime #vfx #gamedev https://t.co/NEu6TW7JAr

    Jul 23, 2025
  35. Scanned piano rolls database

    Scanned piano rolls database Comments

    Jul 12, 2025
  36. Scanned piano rolls database Comments

    Scanned piano rolls database Comments

    Jul 12, 2025
  37. For the last 6 weeks, I haven't yet poasted about it, but have been working nights & weekends on...

    For the last 6 weeks, I haven't yet poasted about it, but have been working nights & weekends on a new project and publishing a new thing: Per Aspera Meanwhile, for the last 6 months, I was quietly ru

    Jun 23, 2025
  38. 8 Greatest Laws I know at 40, I wish I knew at 20: 1. https://t.co/tPZL0o3WnZ

    8 Greatest Laws I know at 40, I wish I knew at 20: 1. https://t.co/tPZL0o3WnZ

    Jun 3, 2025
  39. Running GPT-2 in WebGL: Rediscovering the Lost Art of GPU Shader Programming nathan.rs

    Running GPT-2 in WebGL: Rediscovering the Lost Art of GPU Shader Programming Comments

    May 27, 2025
  40. Running GPT-2 in WebGL: Rediscovering the Lost Art of GPU Shader Programming Comments

    Running GPT-2 in WebGL: Rediscovering the Lost Art of GPU Shader Programming Comments

    May 27, 2025
  41. "Cloud Compute" for(float i,z,d;i++<8e1;){vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xxy);p.xz-=t;p.y=4.-abs(...

    "Cloud Compute" for(float i,z,d;i++<8e1;){vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xxy);p.xz-=t;p.y=4.-abs(p.y);for(d=.7;d<2e1;d/=.5)p+=cos(round(p.yzx*d)-.2*t)/d;z+=d=.01+abs(p.y)/15.;o+=(cos(vec4(0,1,2,0)-p.y

    May 3, 2025
  42. A faster way to copy SQLite databases between computers alexwlchan.net

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    May 1, 2025
  43. A faster way to copy SQLite databases between computers Comments

    A faster way to copy SQLite databases between computers Comments

    May 1, 2025
  44. Morning bathrobe rant about SQL. https://t.co/t0bd6quDYZ

    Morning bathrobe rant about SQL. https://t.co/t0bd6quDYZ

    Apr 30, 2025
  45. Found a simple tool for database modeling: dbdiagram.io dbdiagram.io

    Found a simple tool for database modeling: dbdiagram.io Comments

    Apr 27, 2025
  46. Found a simple tool for database modeling: dbdiagram.io Comments

    Found a simple tool for database modeling: dbdiagram.io Comments

    Apr 27, 2025
  47. How encryption for Cinema Movies works serverless.industries

    How encryption for Cinema Movies works Comments

    Apr 20, 2025
  48. How encryption for Cinema Movies works Comments

    How encryption for Cinema Movies works Comments

    Apr 20, 2025
  49. SQLite Internal — a "very human" SQLite file format viewer — is now available! It's still a work in ...

    SQLite Internal — a "very human" SQLite file format viewer — is now available! It's still a work in progress, but I’m releasing it early to gather feedback. https://t.co/2kNFq9yKhr https://t.co/KnDzyI

    Apr 14, 2025
  50. All you need to launch a real product: 1. Auth (signup, login, logout) 2. Database (store user acti...

    All you need to launch a real product: 1. Auth (signup, login, logout) 2. Database (store user actions) 3. Payments (get paid) 4. Security (protect your data) 5. Frontend (UI/UX) 6. Backend (APIs and

    Apr 8, 2025

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