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One Postgres cluster, many apps

Yo, I heard you liked databases, so we put logical databases in your database cluster so you can database while you database The goal Say we want to run multiple applications with distinct schemas. Let's start with two classic side project app ideas: a blog and a to-do list. PlanetScale Postgres clusters start at $5/month, but this doesn't mean you have to create a new one for every new app idea. A single database cluster can contain many logical databases. However, orchestrating logical databa

Cloudflare Fundamentals - Search API tokens by name

You can now search API tokens by name, making it easier to find specific tokens across large token lists without manually paginating. What's new Dashboard search: Both account API tokens and user API tokens pages now include a search bar. Type a name to filter results. API search support: The /user/tokens and /accounts/{account_id}/tokens endpoints now accept a name query parameter to filter tokens by name. For more information, refer to Create an API token and Account API tokens.

Hub-and-spoke SEO for comparison pages — fielding "alternative" search intent from multiple angles

The WordPress maintenance space has several decade-old incumbents — ManageWP, MainWP, WP Umbrella, InfiniteWP. Building a new entrant means inevitably fielding queries like "ManageWP alternative" and "WordPress maintenance tools comparison" — search intent that names a competitor or the category itself. To handle that intent carefully, the LP runs a hub-and-spoke comparison structure. Here's how it's built and why. A hub-and-spoke pattern places one central page (the hub) and multiple related su

The top tech Prime Day deals to shop on day two

Welcome to day two of Amazon’s four-day Prime Day event, which, if we’re being honest, looks a lot like day one. That’s actually good news, though, because many of the best deals are still around, and some new ones have joined them. If you’ve got a Prime subscription, whether through a free trial or a discounted student membership, you’ll find our favorite deals below. Not every Prime Day deal deserves your attention, so we’ve filled this guide with products we know and genuinely like. Our team

Blogging can just be stating the obvious

Article URL: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/blogging-stating-the-obvious/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48666927 Points: 441 # Comments: 125

Google releases new privacy controls for activity history, personalization

Google is rolling out new privacy controls for Search services and Google Play, giving you more control over saved history and personalized recommendations. [...]

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The 1.4 Seconds That Weren't on Any Span

On the morning of June 3rd, a customer on a live call sat through 1.4 seconds of dead air after she finished a sentence, long enough that she said "hello?" before the agent answered. I had the trace open in Honeycomb forty seconds later. Every span was green. End-to-end p95 read 980ms, comfortably under our budget, and not one span in that waterfall was longer than 400ms. The dashboard told me everything was fine while the customer was, in fact, talking to silence. TL;DR: End-to-end voice latenc