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v0.1.7 - Nov 08, 2025
4 trends that will shape the future of data
Four trends reshaping data: open source dominance, hyper-distributed analytics, emerging standards (Iceberg, Kafka), and the quest for AI-native databases.
v0.1.6 - Oct 25, 2025
And AWS went down
Systems that work at scale, fail at scale. AWS us-east went down, or at least partially down, and took a chunk of the internet with it.
v0.1.5 - Oct 11, 2025
Small data is fine until it’s not
Don't let single-node limits crush your availability and elasticity. The future of operations is distributed.
v0.1.4 - Sep 27, 2025
Multitenancy for the win
Exploring multitenancy, free tier tradeoffs, autoscaling limits, and why Tinybird maintains its own ClickHouse fork.
v0.1.3 - Sep 13, 2025
How Cloud Egress Costs Kill Innovation
Discover why exorbitant cloud egress fees stifle competition and kill innovation, and what the EU's new Data Act could mean for the future of tech.
v0.1.2 - Aug 09, 2025
AI's Web Impact, ClickHouse Speedups, & LLM DNS Hacks
Explore AI's internet takeover, Sentry's 62x ClickHouse speedup, creative LLM access over DNS, and why someone made Postgres 42,000x slower.
v0.1.1 - Jul 26, 2025
Iceberg Debates, Autonomous AI, and SQL-as-Code Workflows
This week's edition covers a critique of Apache Iceberg, experiments with AI agents, observability debates, and the launch of Tinybird Code.
v0.1.0 - Jul 12, 2025
LLMs & Agentic Coding: Expert Takes on Hype vs. Practical Reality
Cut through the AI noise. Get practical insights on building for agents, LLM uses, and the state of AI from Karpathy, Carmack, and other dev leaders.
v0.0.9 - Jun 14, 2025
AI Agents, NLP Interfaces, Quantum Factoring & Real-Time Speed
Exploring AI agents with Cloudflare, running a computer via natural language, the pitfalls of "fake AI," and a look at quantum-safe crypto.
v0.0.8 - May 24, 2025
AI's Next Move: Hardware, Databases, and SQLite Replication
Explore the future of AI hardware with Altman & Ive, Databricks' acquisition of Neon, Fly.io's Litestream revamp, and insights from engineering lea...
v0.0.7 - May 10, 2025
AI Hype, Iceberg Realities, and Old-School Cloud Cost Hacks
A realistic look at Apache Iceberg migrations, historical AI skepticism, and how an 80-year-old algorithm is optimizing modern cloud infrastructure.
v0.0.6 - Apr 26, 2025
AI in BI, Linux Performance with eBPF, and Robot-First Development
Explore AI's disruption of BI, deep dives into Linux performance with eBPF and DuckDB, the rise of Robot Experience (RX), and Discord scaling dbt.
v0.0.5 - Apr 12, 2025
Tracing AI Thoughts, TigerBeetle DB, & The Future of Developers
A look into Anthropic's AI research, TigerBeetle's unique database design, Cloudflare R2's free egress with Iceberg, and the future of developers.
v0.0.4 - Mar 29, 2025
ClickHouse at Scale, AI Profitability & Cursor's Infrastructure
Explore Shopify's 46GB/s ClickHouse setup, the economic reality of AI agents, Cursor's scaling choices, and the debate on conversational UIs.
v0.0.3 - Mar 15, 2025
Engineering Trends: Vibe Coding, China's AI & the 10x Myth
Exploring the 'vibe coding' movement, China's AI landscape, the myth of the 10x engineer, and the rise of AI-powered job candidate fakers.
v0.0.2 - Mar 01, 2025
AI's Leap Forward, Data Infrastructure & Developer Workflows
Explore next-gen AI models, the case for columnar streaming, honest GPU infrastructure stories, and practical LLM coding workflows.
v0.0.1 - Feb 15, 2025
The AI Evolution: Databases, Automated Firms & Jevon's Paradox
How are LLMs changing how we build? This issue covers AI's impact on databases, the future of automated firms, Jevon's paradox, and Python updates.
