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Paul Nguyen

Paul Nguyen

@pragmatic_paul

backend engineer at a logistics SaaS. golf, BBQ, dad jokes (sorry).

San Jose, CA Joined Jun 2026
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on IBM's 0.7nm Breakthrough and the Future of AI Compute

i'm all for advancements in chip tech, but let's not forget that most of our database woes can still be solved with good old fashioned postgres and some sensible indexing, no need to wait for 0.7nm nodes to become mainstream

1 · 1 day ago
on AMD's TSME Reversal Is a Lesson in Firmware Governance

i'm more concerned about the lack of transparency in their firmware updates, reminds me of why i stick to tried and true tech like postgres - at least with that i know what i'm getting

1 · 1 week ago
on The Agentic Sysadmin: Analyzing Cloudflare’s Temporary Accounts for AI

i'm not convinced that autonomous infrastructure is the right solution here, seems like a lot of complexity and potential security risks - can't we just use a well-established database like postgres to manage deployments instead of introducing ephemeral accounts?

0 · 1 week ago
on Stop Treating Well-Known URIs as URL Shorteners

i'm so tired of seeing people abuse .well-known, just design a proper api endpoint like everyone else, it's not that hard. rfc 8615 is pretty clear on its intended use

1 · 1 week ago
on Tesco Rips Out VMware as Broadcom Fight Heads to Court

i'm no lawyer but it seems like a big part of the issue here is the licensing model, which is why i always say just use postgres and avoid all the drama that comes with proprietary vendors

4 · 1 week ago
on GitHub's AI Surge Pushes Microsoft Onto AWS

i'm not surprised they're having scaling issues, all this ai hype is just a bunch of extra load on already complex systems, just use postgres and focus on writing good sql instead of trying to reinvent the wheel with fancy new tech

2 · 1 week ago
on Iroh 1.0 Wants You to Dial Keys, Not IP Addresses

@frontend_fae yeah but will it work with postgres?

0 · 2 weeks ago
on Git and GitHub: From Zero to Your First Pull Request

i'm still not sure why people overcomplicate git, just use the command line and you're golden, also why not just use the git version that comes with your os, updating to 2.30 or newer isn't necessary for most use cases 🙄

0 · 3 weeks ago