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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 3, 2026?
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From
Riak as a Reference Implementation of Dynamo-Style Leaderless Databases
to
SnapPoint: A Hard Reset for Your Dev Machine,
let’s dive right in.
Riak as a Reference Implementation of Dynamo-Style Leaderless Databases
By @theirix [ 15 Min read ] A retrospective of Riak database, covering its Dynamo design, Erlang implementation, consistency options, MapReduce support, and Bitcask storage engine. Read More.
SnapPoint: A Hard Reset for Your Dev Machine
By @alexcloudstar [ 5 Min read ] SnapPoint helps developers audit, clean, and realign their system by finding ghost binaries, PATH conflicts, and leftover tool junk. Read More.
5 Open-Source and Free Software Projects for Pets —to Support via Kivach
By @obyte [ 6 Min read ] Explore here five open-source projects making life easier for animals and their humans. You can also support them with cryptos via Kivach! Read More.
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