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flarcoon Guide to data tools landscape for developers

Nice guide. One addition in the ingestion section: sling (https://slingdata.io/). it's a single go binary, cli-first.

flarcoon Ask HN: Is our data warehouse setup normal or over-complicated?

It does seem over-engineered.

Normally you'd keep all the transformation in one place in the "data warehouse", which could be Postgres/Redshift/Snowflake/Clickhouse etc. Using some el tools (like sling cli for example) to load into the DW, and then using a transformation tool (like dbt for example) to do all the transformations in SQL, source controlled. It's advantageous to keep all of the transformation logic in one place (to avoid mismatches as you've mentioned). And from the DW, after data is ready, various tools/clients can consume it (such as BI tools, CRMs, APIs, AI, etc). All aligned.

flarcoon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

Working on https://slingdata.io Platform for moving data around. Also has a free CLI. You can use YAML or even Python.

flarcoon I took all my projects off the cloud, saving thousands of dollars

Another complement to easily moving data off cloud, check out https://github.com/slingdata-io/sling-cli. Use CLI, YAML or Python to run etl jobs.

flarcoon Pg_lake: Postgres with Iceberg and data lake access

For anyone looking to easily ingest data into a Postgres Wire compatible database, check out https://github.com/slingdata-io/sling-cli. Use CLI, YAML or Python to run etl jobs.

flarcoon Current ETL/ELT tools solve one problem, but seems lacking on E2E solution

Check out https://github.com/slingdata-io/sling-cli

flarcoon Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

https://slingdata.io

An alternative tool to Extract/Load data via YAML, Python or CLI.

flarcoon MotherDuck launches managed DuckLake svc for scaling to petabytes with DuckDB

Awesome. If anyone is looking to mass ingest data into ducklake (databases or files), check out sling (https://docs.slingdata.io). It works great with MotherDuck as well.

flarcoon Starcraft (A History in Two Acts)

Who else still listens to the StarCraft music OST? I listen to it a few times a year and get in the zone.

flarcoon Harlequin: SQL IDE for Your Terminal

For those who prefer GUI apps, dbnet is an option to serve via HTTP. Run it remote side, access in the browser.

https://github.com/dbnet-io/dbnet

flarcoon Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

https://github.com/dbnet-io/dbnet

dbNet is a web-based SQL IDE using Go as a backend, and your browser as front-end. I built it because I was unsatisfied with the database clients out there. Alot of them are top-heavy, unintuitive, slow or expensive.

Here are some of the databases it connects to:

Clickhouse Google BigQuery Google BigTable MySQL Oracle Redshift PostgreSQL SQLite SQL Server Snowflake DuckDB

flarcoon Haiti’s President Is Assassinated

My parents live in Haiti. This looks like it was an inside job/collaboration. He was assassinated inside his home, in the middle of the night. His home has multiple gates/barriers to get inside, very secured by guards, yet only him died. No guards or 3rd parties were injured. No resistance or loud gun exchanges to prevent them from getting in. His wife was shot and injured, but is currently stable in a US hospital. From what I heard, the gunmen were all Spanish speaking. 5-7 of them arrived in multiple cars, killed him and left without issues. Very disturbing, but that's the world we live in.

flarcoon Ask HN: What are you working on?

Really cool. Can you share on what lib/3rd party tool you use on the backend to send WhatsApp messages (such as the automated cart abandoned message)?

flarcoon Show HN: Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from any browser

Nice. Here is an open-source, self-hosted option: https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/butterfly

flarcoon Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?

Can you elaborate on why you think he should not listen to a personal wealth manager (assuming that's the same as a financial advisor)?

flarcoon Ask HN: How to become a remote contractor?

Awesome. Can you share with us how it's going with getting more clients on your platform to hire contractors? I know competing with upwork and toptal must be a challenge.

flarcoon Put a Fork in Caddy; It's Done

Seems the OP lacks objectivity, especially with the religious reference. With that said, I agree that telemetry should not be on by default, but prompted.

flarcoon Show HN: Bt – BitTorrent library in Java 8

Wonderful Lib!

flarcoon Bt: Java BitTorrent library with DHT, magnet links, encryption and more

Wonderful lib!

flarcoon Ask HN: How do you organise/integrate all the information in your life?

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