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The Consensus
theconsensus.dev · Group blog · on HN since 2026
The Consensus is a blog on programming languages, databases, and systems software, with reviews of Go, Mojo, Postgres, and graph databases.
What HN saysThe author shares posts in HN threads, including a review of Mojo's Python compatibility and a benchmark of graph databases, which drew a response from LadybugDB.
20HN people shared it
4linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1Watching Go's new garbage collector move through the heap4 people · 8 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 2The feature in OxCaml that more languages should steal4 people · 6 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 3Mojo's Not (Yet) Python4 people · 5 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 4Who even uses jemalloc anyway?3 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 5Companies behind Postgres 18 development3 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 6Yeunjoo Choi from Igalia on Chromium3 people · 3 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 7Exploring the Game with Graph Capabilities of LadybugDB, DuckDB and PostgreSQL3 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 8Seeing Types Where Others Don't2 people · 5 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Automating Hermitage to see how transactions differ in MySQL and MariaDB2 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Of forks and clones and package management2 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 11Python 3.14 garbage collection rigamarole2 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 12Branimir Lambov from IBM on Cassandra2 people · 3 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 13A static site generator and website transferring under 20kB2 people · 3 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 14Source-available projects and their AI contribution policies2 people · 2 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 15Who Contributed to DataFusion 532 people · 2 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
eatonphil · 2026-08-20
I did a review of Mojo a few months ago focused on Python compatibility if anyone's curious about that angle. Admittedly it is a narrow angle. I want to take another look at Mojo sometime not focused on Python.
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/03/12/mojos-not-yet-python.html
zellster · 2026-07-25
Recent article about graphdbs including DuckPGQ: https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/05/29/ladybug-duckdb-and-postgresql.ht…
adsharma · 2026-07-15
mooreds · 2026-05-27