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Pivot Lake's "Memory Latency, Stupid" post on GROUP BY hits HN front page

Post breaks through to HN front page

4 Oct 31 2:38 PM · 11d ago · 1 article · 1 post · 2 sources · development 4 of 5

A third Hacker News submission of the same article gains significant traction, reaching 101 points and 32 comments, and is also picked up by the HN Frontpage RSS feed.

“This takes... a whopping 3.9 seconds.”

pivotlake.io blog post

Pivot Lake Database engine vendor and blog author

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Peak 4 pieces in 3h at Oct 31, 5 PM; 21 pieces over 14 days (2 articles · 6 posts · 13 comments) Oct 29, 11 AM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Hacker News 1, Reddit 1Oct 29, 2 PM — quietOct 29, 5 PM — quietOct 29, 8 PM — quietOct 29, 11 PM — quietOct 30, 2 AM — quietOct 30, 5 AM — quietOct 30, 8 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Hacker News 1Oct 30, 11 AM — quietOct 30, 2 PM — quietOct 30, 5 PM — quietOct 30, 8 PM — quietOct 30, 11 PM — quietOct 31, 2 AM — quietOct 31, 5 AM — quietOct 31, 8 AM — quietOct 31, 11 AM — 3 pieces · 2 articles · 1 post — Newswires 2, Hacker News 1Oct 31, 2 PM — 3 pieces · 3 comments — Hacker News 3Oct 31, 5 PM — 4 pieces · 1 post · 3 comments — Hacker News 3, Mastodon 1Oct 31, 8 PM — 2 pieces · 2 comments — Hacker News 2Oct 31, 11 PM — quietNov 1, 1 AM — 2 pieces · 2 comments — Hacker News 2Nov 1, 4 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Nov 1, 7 AM — quietNov 1, 10 AM — 1 piece · 1 comment — Hacker News 1Nov 1, 1 PM — 1 piece · 1 comment — Hacker News 1Nov 1, 4 PM — 1 piece · 1 comment — Hacker News 1Nov 1, 7 PM — quietNov 1, 10 PM — quietNov 2, 1 AM — quietNov 2, 4 AM — quietNov 2, 7 AM — quietNov 2, 10 AM — quietNov 2, 1 PM — quietNov 2, 4 PM — quietNov 2, 7 PM — quietNov 2, 10 PM — quietNov 3, 1 AM — quietNov 3, 4 AM — quietNov 3, 7 AM — quietNov 3, 10 AM — quietNov 3, 1 PM — quietNov 3, 4 PM — quietNov 3, 7 PM — quietNov 3, 10 PM — quietNov 4, 1 AM — quietNov 4, 4 AM — quietNov 4, 7 AM — quietNov 4, 10 AM — quietNov 4, 1 PM — quietNov 4, 4 PM — quietNov 4, 7 PM — quietNov 4, 10 PM — quietNov 5, 1 AM — quietNov 5, 4 AM — quietNov 5, 7 AM — quietNov 5, 10 AM — quietNov 5, 1 PM — quietNov 5, 4 PM — quietNov 5, 7 PM — quietNov 5, 10 PM — quietNov 6, 1 AM — quietNov 6, 4 AM — quietNov 6, 7 AM — quietNov 6, 10 AM — quietNov 6, 1 PM — quietNov 6, 4 PM — quietNov 6, 7 PM — quietNov 6, 10 PM — quietNov 7, 1 AM — quietNov 7, 4 AM — quietNov 7, 7 AM — quietNov 7, 10 AM — quietNov 7, 1 PM — quietNov 7, 4 PM — quietNov 7, 7 PM — quietNov 7, 10 PM — quietNov 8, 1 AM — quietNov 8, 4 AM — quietNov 8, 7 AM — quietNov 8, 10 AM — quietNov 8, 1 PM — quietNov 8, 4 PM — quietNov 8, 7 PM — quietNov 8, 10 PM — quietNov 9, 1 AM — quietNov 9, 4 AM — quietNov 9, 7 AM — quietNov 9, 10 AM — quietNov 9, 1 PM — quietNov 9, 4 PM — quietNov 9, 7 PM — quietNov 9, 10 PM — quietYesterday, 1 AM — quietYesterday, 4 AM — quietYesterday, 7 AM — quietYesterday, 10 AM — quietYesterday, 1 PM — quietYesterday, 4 PM — quietYesterday, 7 PM — quietYesterday, 10 PM — quietToday, 1 AM — quietToday, 4 AM — quietToday, 7 AM — quietToday, 10 AM — quietToday, 1 PM — quietToday, 4 PM — quietToday, 7 PM — quiet 1–234–5
1–2Post is cross-posted to Reddit3Post resubmitted to HN under a new title4–5Post breaks through to HN front page
Oct 30Oct 31Nov 1Nov 2Nov 3Nov 4Nov 5Nov 6Nov 7Nov 8Nov 9yesterdaynow · 10:38 PM ET

Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 1 claim were published in its stretch

  1. 2 outlets It's the memory latency, stupid

    first by HN Best, 11d ago · also HN Frontpage

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