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Curtis_Guantoday at 1:27 AM2 repliesview on HN

Understanding how scheduling works inside a database used to require numerous architecture diagrams to explain. I was amazed when I saw PGSimCity — it presents such a complex technical implementation process in such an engaging way. Since it's already open‑source, I think the same idea can be reused in other domains, such as cloud computing, Kubernetes, and so on.


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tptacektoday at 1:58 AM

I've always wanted to do an explainer of the deployment system and state-tracking at Fly.io using Factorio as a visual metaphor.

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robertlagranttoday at 9:44 AM

I keep wanting to build a Kubernetes visualiser. I know they exist, but the last time I looked they didn't look that great.