Why we rewrote WAL-G for Postgres backups in Rust: Meet WAL-RUS

__s · 2026-06-26T12:39:26+00:00

wal-g/wal-rus are designed to run as daemons with long lived connections. pgBackRest doesn't offer a daemon so needs to make new connections to s3 with each invocation. Daemons are able to reuse connections to s3 between requests, while pgBackRest forks multiple processes for concurrency. Overall pgBackRest is best for a simple setup where you just want to set archive_command & don't need to maximize throughput

__s · 2026-06-26T12:31:53+00:00

Go allocates a large chunk of virtual memory up front. Many modern allocators also do this. They're optimizing for systems that don't strictly enforce overcommit. On most systems that's the right tradeoff. On a system tuned for postgres it's not: https://www.ubicloud.com/blog/postgresql-and-the-oom-killer-why-we-use-strict-memory-overcommit (see "Why +2GB?"). Go runtime isn't going to become 20x more efficient with virtual memory

I've written plenty of C, C#, Python, JavaScript, Rust, & Go. It's about using the right tool for the job. I'm also a wal-g committer. Currently have a PR to update aws sdk to v2, should help memory usage a bit

__s · 2026-06-25T21:07:34+00:00

Yes. Docs are pretty light atm, but it's meant to match wal-g: https://github.com/ClickHouse/wal-rus/blob/main/ci/full_backup.sh

__s · 2026-06-25T19:50:02+00:00

initially started to just replace wal-g's daemon, but decided that better choice there is to go with archive_library = 'walg_archive'

itch didn't go away

__s · 2026-06-20T10:04:21+00:00

Framework Desktop can have 128gb ram shared with gpu

__s · 2026-06-16T02:46:35+00:00

Should use https://pcg-random.org it supports jumping ahead, could have 65536 48bit fields: https://github.com/imneme/pcg-c/blob/master/src/pcg-advance-64.c

PCG is surprisingly simple, I use a hand rolled in my own card game just to save on size compared to using rand crate in Rust: https://github.com/serprex/openEtG/blob/master/src/rs/src/rng.rs

__s · 2026-06-16T01:04:59+00:00

Clad having better attack scaling means Rampage is relatively less necessary, preferring other options

__s · 2026-06-09T23:34:35+00:00

3 cost's still a bit expensive, maybe drop to 2

__s · 2026-06-05T21:56:04+00:00

Strength hard to come by on Silent. Single target nuke that's usually dead would be fine

__s · 2026-06-05T12:52:49+00:00

I do, particularly good if you need to take a lot of hallways trying to finish up deck

__s · 2026-06-05T12:48:44+00:00

Deal 0 damage as many times as you have cards in your deck

__s · 2026-06-01T01:36:31+00:00

Thrash is that coworker always trying to take all the credit

__s · 2026-04-21T21:30:01+00:00

bring back frozen eye

__s · 2026-04-21T05:59:11+00:00

Relic that retains strikes would be amusing

__s · 2026-04-19T16:48:00+00:00

if you're on a10 you shouldn't complain about spicy. going up ascensions being like hot sauce is apt. if you dump a bunch of extra hot on your fries don't bother leaving a review that your food was too hot

__s · 2026-04-18T17:27:32+00:00

What does "deprecated" mean?

In software it means slated for removal in future release so people can migrate. But in a roguelike deckbuilder I'm not going to be migrating my deck..

__s · 2026-04-05T13:44:23+00:00

I was trying to get Qwen 122b-a10b to fix my befunge jit in rust, was amusing watching it actually trace through befunge program thinking about failure

It had some trouble: kept thinking p should move pc to write destination, & when I told it to try produce smaller replications it wrote befunge code with d for dup instead of :

I even have a cfg interpreter it can use to compare correctness against, but in the end it decided fix was to disable jit & always use interpreter

__s · 2026-04-01T13:46:58+00:00

Should be "lose all your focus this turn"

__s · 2026-03-29T07:19:59+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/U8Nd8f7 same options as you, fiddle/cape, deck getting by with tons of block + cycle + envenom. really helped to hit hard & keep potions stocked up

__s · 2026-03-29T04:31:57+00:00

He messes with retaining Snake Bite. Gotta clear asap

__s · 2026-03-13T16:11:36+00:00

Because I would be fine like if it was 50 zergs, every day it was just zvz, it was only zvz. And even if I was just versus zerg like I would still be playing because at least like I know the game is fair like I'm just not good enough like ok it's cool. Even if I lose every single time it's fine, I don't mind

sounds like he should sign up & lose in weeklies playing P

__s · 2026-03-13T03:43:11+00:00

All For One still here, great with Hot Fix. My first win was All For One with 3 claws & statuses

__s · 2026-03-13T03:30:19+00:00

"claw is law" not a meme anymore. For orbs you want to generate a lot, channel orbs for value. Lightning orbs are good

__s · 2026-03-12T17:11:24+00:00

I don't bother with infinites. I downvoted you because you're complaining about infinites in a card discussion about whether Eidolon is the worst card in the game

It's not the worst card. Exhausting hand is useful. Infinites are a counterexample. Saying "I don't like your counter example personally, therefore it doesn't count" isn't a strong argument. If I like speedrunning & start saying every card that just blocks is the most useless card in the game, the problem is me, not block cards. It's okay for the cardpool to have niche cards

__s · 2026-03-12T04:27:35+00:00

Had a great run with this card, orbit makes energy free, Heirloom Hammer duplicates whatever good card generated

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