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Water 'Bankruptcy' Era Has Begun for Billions, Scientists Say
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/water-bankruptcy-era-has-begun-for-billions-scientists-say Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765092 Points: 21 # Comments: 7
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updates.techforpalestine.org6mo agoA 15-year retrospective on contributing to the Bundler Ruby project
The author reflects on 15 years of contributing to Bundler, the Ruby dependency manager. They acknowledge that while they didn't originate the idea (Yehuda Katz did) or build the early prototypes (Carl and Yehuda did), they joined the team in February 2010 during a critical rewrite phase. The article appears to be a personal retrospective on the author's jou
andre.arko.net8mo agoUnderstanding SQLite's Durability Settings and Performance Trade-offs
The article examines SQLite's durability settings, highlighting the confusion and conflicting information in its documentation regarding when data is truly durable. It explains that durability ensures committed transactions survive system crashes or power loss, typically achieved through fsync calls on Unix systems. The piece discusses the performance trade-
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