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Writing about building, data, and the things I learn along the way.

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Patolake: A DuckDB Workspace in a Single Binary

A Go server with an embedded Svelte frontend that gives teams a SQL editor, dashboards, scheduling, governance, and an AI copilot — all backed by DuckDB and shipped as one executable.

#open-source#go#duckdb#svelte#self-hosted#data-platform#sql
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Glintlog: Self-Hosted Observability That Doesn't Need a Cluster

A single Go binary that ingests logs and traces via OpenTelemetry, stores them in DuckDB, and gives you dashboards — no Elasticsearch, no Kafka, no YAML hell.

#observability#open-source#go#duckdb#opentelemetry#self-hosted
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Two Years of CH-UI: 68 Releases, One Binary, (Almost) Zero Regrets

From a weekend React hack to a full ClickHouse management platform — the numbers, the decisions, and where CH-UI goes from here.

#clickhouse#open-source#go#svelte#retrospective
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How Google Checks Your Username in Microseconds

I built an interactive demo that replicates Google's username availability check using Bloom filters, DuckDB-WASM, and Parquet — all running in the browser.

#duckdb#wasm#bloom-filter#data-structures#parquet#open-source
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Building Glyphic: A Desktop GUI for Claude Code

I built a full desktop app for managing Claude Code in two days. Here's why Tauri v2 and Svelte 5 made that possible.

#claude-code#tauri#svelte#rust#ai#open-source
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Etiquetta: Privacy-First Analytics in a Single Binary

Building a self-hosted, GDPR-friendly alternative to Google Analytics that runs as a single Go binary with SQLite.

#analytics#privacy#go#sqlite#self-hosted
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Dev Cockpit v2: Now Cross-Platform with Smart Diagnostics

Dev Cockpit v2.0 ships with Linux support, a CLI Power Mode, and a Smart Diagnostics Engine. Here's what changed and why.

#go#tui#devtools#linux#open-source
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Duck-UI: DuckDB Analytics Entirely in Your Browser

How Duck-UI puts a full DuckDB environment in your browser tab — no server, no install, just SQL and your data.

#duckdb#wasm#react#analytics#open-source
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CH-UI v2: From Side Project to ClickHouse Platform

How CH-UI evolved from a simple query interface into a full ClickHouse management platform — rewritten in Go and Svelte, shipped as a single binary.

#clickhouse#go#svelte#open-source#databases