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database.build - In Browser Postgres Sandbox With AI Assistance

  database.build lets you run Postgres inside your browser local-first and ask questions on your data in natural language. If it wasn't already great enough to have a Postgres instance running inside your browser, then add to it spawning any number of instances and use LLMs to query your data. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/17737-databasebuild-in-browser-postgres-sandbox-with-ai-assistance.html
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Explore Programming Idioms

  Introducing a web collection of programming idioms in a variety of languages. How useful is that? Programming Idioms collects useful code snippets for day to day usage at work. The same snippet is presented in more than 20 languages so that you can make useful comparisons when working in multiple languages or want to learn a new one by observing how the constructs are mapped between the languages. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/98-languages/17730-explore-programming-idioms.html

DuckDB + Webassembly = WhatTheDuck

  Run DuckDB inside your browser thanks to Webassembly. When is that useful? Running a database instance inside a browser is nothing new. I've already explored the idea in  Running PostgreSQL Inside Your Browser With PGLite   where I explained: PGlite is a WASM Postgres build packaged into a TypeScript client library that enableyou to run Postgres in the browser with no need to install any other dependencies. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/17726-duckdb-webassembly-whattheduck.html

Greenplum's Cloudberry Fork Enters Apache Incubator

  Cloudberry is the open source equivalent of Greenplum. Now it is fostered by the Apache Foundation as it acquires incubating status. It all began about six months ago. Greenplum's Github repositories was archived and went dark. This meant no more free new releases or security and bug fixes for its users. Why? Because in May 2024, Tanzu made the decision to close-source the project. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/17694-greenplums-cloudberry-fork-enters-apache-incubator-.html