Linkblog/2025/03/28

PostgreSQL IO_uring, Design Needs More Brutalism.

Michael Larabel - PostgreSQL Database Lands Initial Support For IO_uring: “Can Be Considerably Faster”

As a very exciting improvement for the open-source PostgreSQL database server, it has merged initial support for making use of IO_uring on Linux servers for asynchronous I/O and can provide for some nice performance improvements.

Webscale.

Malcolm Matalka - Design Needs More Brutalism

I was trying to use the mobile Google Authenticator app today and I couldn’t read the entire name of the last code I have installed because of the stupid floating ”+” button.

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I think design could use a fresh injection of Brutalism. Stop making things cute just because it looks neat. Make the design useful, first, and then maybe, MAYBE, add some fluff to it. But, whatever you do, don’t make your design philosophy actively hostile to the user like Material Design.

We all need more U.S. Graphics Company in our lives.