tetris-sql
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LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
10 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.54.
Idea: 6 for, 1 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 against
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Fun and creative demonstration of working within constraints
From 2 comments
It seems at first to be a toy or silly intellectual exercise, but after reading the whole thing it really feels like an example of how constraints can lead to creative solutions.…
jihadjihad on HNThis is hilarious and amazing. But moreso than most such cool hack projects, it has a great writeup. The author really did a great job walking through how it worked. Love it.
fishtoaster on HN
Excellent write-up and documentation
From 2 comments
This is great but even more impressive than the code is all the documentation and explanation of how it works. Well done!
foreigner on HNThis is hilarious and amazing. But moreso than most such cool hack projects, it has a great writeup. The author really did a great job walking through how it worked. Love it.
fishtoaster on HN
Impressive hack that shows what SQL can do
From 2 comments
Nice, I remember my boss telling me not to do that when I was an intern for routing services, always wanted to see a working example. Well done.
tisdadd on HNWow this is amazing. Makes me realize how elementary my SQL skills are.
prng2021 on HN
Objections
Implementation is convoluted and relies on extensions rather than pure SQL
From 1 comment
The article you linked, "tetris-sql," appears to be using database extensions to overcome SQL's limitations. While the core SQL language itself is not Turing complete, these…
johnwatson11218 on HN