Turning Claude into Postgres so I can raise a Series A
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson22d ago
Turning Claude into Postgres so I can raise a Series A Right now, it seems like nobody cares about databases aside from their AI opportunities.
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top 34%Making Postgres 42,000x slower because I am unemployed
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson27 Jul 2025
Making Postgres 42,000x slower because I am unemployed Everyone is always wondering how to make Postgres faster, more efficient, etc, but nobody ever thinks about how to make Postgres slower.
A Quick(ish) Introduction to Tuning Postgres
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson21 Jul 2025
A Quick(ish) Introduction to Tuning Postgres Most guides to the finer aspects of managing databases like Postgres are… not great.
JavaScript numbers have an (adoption) problem
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson26 Mar 2025
JavaScript numbers have an (adoption) problem JavaScript, for all of its merits, has some questionable design decisions.
My 2025 JavaScript Wishlist
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson31 Dec 2024
My 2025 JavaScript Wishlist Similar to myself when I realize I have spent more time looking up API methods on MDN than actually writing code, JavaScript has had one extended identity crisis.
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson23 Dec 2024
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess I hate benchmarking code, just like any human (which, at this point, most viewers of this probably aren’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯).
Replacing Disqus Commenting
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson21 Mar 2024
Replacing Disqus Commenting As all Twitter X users know, one of the most essential parts of the internet is yelling about how everyone else is wrong sharing your opinions and ideas.
A deep dive into distributed database architectures
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson12 Mar 2024
A deep dive into distributed database architectures A common adage among business owners is “Location, location location.” Location is one of the most important factors of any brick-and-mortar...
10 ways to speed up web image loading
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson19 Dec 2023
10 ways to speed up web image loading According to the HTTP Archive, images make up almost half of the weight of an average website, with around a megabyte per page.
Tailwind has a scalability problem. How can we solve that?
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson29 Nov 2023
Tailwind has a scalability problem. How can we solve that? TailwindCSS helped transform the way I wrote CSS.
Lerna vs Turborepo vs Rush: Which is better in 2023?
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson5 Feb 2023
Lerna vs Turborepo vs Rush: Which is better in 2023? Monorepos are becoming very popular within web development, and for good reason.
How to use ESM on the web and in Node.js
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson3 Sept 2022
How to use ESM on the web and in Node.js ESM, also known as ES Modules (which itself is an acronym of ECMAScript Modules), is a modern module format built to replace older alternatives like...
React vs Svelte: Which is better in 2023?
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson30 Aug 2022
React vs Svelte: Which is better in 2023? Imagine you are doomscrolling through Facebook, checking out the news on the New York Times website, or listening to music on Spotify.
What is Bun, and does it live up to the hype?
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson16 Aug 2022
What is Bun, and does it live up to the hype? When you think of a bun, you probably think of bread. However, now, there is another Bun.
Migrating ByteofDev from SvelteKit to Astro
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson23 Jan 2022
Migrating ByteofDev from SvelteKit to Astro Astro and SvelteKit are both modern frameworks. Originally, I built my blog ByteofDev using SvelteKit, but I recently migrated to Astro due to...
State of the Web: Bundlers & Build Tools
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson23 Jan 2022
State of the Web: Bundlers & Build Tools Ever since Browserify, bundlers have been extremely important in the web ecosystem.
State of the Web: Serverless Functions
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson16 Jan 2022
State of the Web: Serverless Functions Serverless functions (also known as Function as a Service) execute code statelessly on the Cloud.
State of the Web: Deno
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson9 Jan 2022
State of the Web: Deno Deno is a modern JavaScript runtime, competing with Node.js (and more recently Bun), that promises features like secure I/O and built-in TypeScript support.
State of the Web: WebAssembly
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson1 Jan 2022
State of the Web: WebAssembly WebAssembly (WASM) is a new assembly-like language on the web that aims to allow developers to write fast, portable code in the language of their choice.
How I Built the Fastest JavaScript Data Differ
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson1 Jan 2022
How I Built the Fastest JavaScript Data Differ Microdiff, a diffing algorithm for structured data in JavaScript that I maintain, is pretty fast.