ParadeDB published benchmark results showing it improved BM25-ranked text search throughput from 33 QPS to 81.9 QPS using the same StackExchange dataset and benchmarking harness PlanetScale used in its TIN launch post two weeks earlier. The company says the gains came from several optimization passes unrelated to document identifier handling, countering PlanetScale's claim that its speed advantage stemmed from using Postgres' internal ctid fields.
paradedb.com
· 2026-10-01
Researchers at the University of Groningen, led by Maria Antonietta Loi with Koster and PhD student Tim Faber, found that tin-based perovskite solar cells keep 'hot electrons' energetic for nanoseconds instead of picoseconds, a thousandfold slowdown in heat loss. Computer simulations of the material's quantum behavior matched the lab results and revealed a double-action mechanism behind the effect, linked to the material's unusually low electron mass.
hardware.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-27
A team including Eric Ridge and Patrick Reynolds has released TIN, a full-text search extension for Postgres, now generally available for Postgres and Neki databases. It adds a single index type and query operator supporting boolean, phrase, span, fuzzy, wildcard, and regex matching, plus BM25-ranked and count queries.
planetscale.com
· 2026-09-19
A Fast Company panel brought together TrustCircle founder Sachin Chaudhry, Tin Can cofounder Chet Kittleson, and author Dana Suskind to discuss how technology shapes childhood today. Moderated by Fast Company's Morgan Clendaniel, the discussion focused on distinguishing tools that support healthy development from those that undermine it.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-16
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