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BonesMoses.org
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BonesMoses.org is a personal blog at bonesmoses.org about data and programming. Since 2014, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “A Postgres Perspective on MongoDB”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link these PostgreSQL posts, including the PG Phriday series, as examples for writing SQL functions and setting up Postgres clusters. The comments only cite the posts, without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
An old tech geek with too many cats, Postgres fanatic, and gamer who never stops learning.
Most-linked posts?
- A Postgres Perspective on MongoDB2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-07-16
- Why Postgres2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-01-13
What Hacker News says?
You can also write an update function in plain SQL. See my example in this comment on a recent plant postgresql post: http://bonesmoses.org/2015/04/10/pg-phriday-functions-and-ad...
Comment linking /2015/04/10/pg-phriday-functions-and-addressing-json-data/
on “A proof of concept MongoDB clone built on Postgres”Submitted A Postgres Perspective on MongoDB as a story · 138 points
HN discussionHere is the self notes from the video: 1)for debian use: pg_createcluster instead of initdb pg_createcluster 9.5 main -D /data/9.5/main -E UTF8 --locale=en_US.UTF-8 -- -k https://wiki.debian.org/PostgreSql https://makandracards.com/makandra/18643-how-the-change-the-... 2) Create a separate database volume partition for data. do not put version number in the mountpoint (/data, not /data/9.5) then create a folder with…
Comment linking /2014/08/05/on-postgresql-logging-verbosity/
on “Practical Guide to PostgreSQL Optimizations”Submitted Friends don't let friends use loops as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted PG Phriday: RESTing in the Corn (PostgreSQL) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Dirty Postgres RAG as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Redefining Postgres High Availability as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Postgres as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted PG Phriday: Perfectly Logical as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Postgres Persepctive on MongoDB as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Foreign Keys are Not Free in Postgres as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sustained Inaction as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Postgres Is the Best Database Engine as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted CONFLICT of Interests (why did it take so long for PostgreSQL to get UPSERT) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted PG Phriday: Why Postgres as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted PG Phriday: The Audacity of NoSQL as a story · 1 points
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