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Finn Völkel
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Programming, Databases, Distributed systems, Beachvolley. Currently working on @xtdb.com
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Wrote a blog post about continuation-passing style in @xtdb.com.

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Continuation-passing style in an expression engine · Finn Völkel
finnvolkel.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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clojureberlin.bsky.social
clojure.berlin now also on Bluesky. #Clojure #Berlin
Clojure Berlin
clojure.berlin
July 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
fivo.bsky.social
We are having a Berlin Clojure meetup next Wednesday. The topic is going to be clojure-mcp, so bring your 💻 for some experimenting.

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Clojure Meetup - July 2025
clojure.berlin
July 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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omniledger.io
Evaluation of a paper from 1977 arguing for handling events as first class members in data- defined systems. I wish people would have listened to this guy at the time.

xtdb.com/blog/update-...
UPDATE RECONSIDERED, delivered? · XTDB
xtdb.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
I expect to be getting a lot of emails like this soon. This one is from @s.ly and @keyboard.io about the tariffs.

Such a pointless destruction of US small businesses.
To our US customers: Yesterday, the Trump Administration announced that they will be ending the de minimis exemption for all shipments from Hong Kong and China on May 2. They also raised the minimum import tax on products made in China or Hong Kong to 54% of the sale price. While we design our keyboards in the US, like most consumer electronics companies we manufacture our products in southern China. These new rules will drastically increase how much it costs you to buy our products. (1) If you've been considering buying anything we make, now is the time. According to the new policy, you will owe a 54% import tax on any package from Keyboardio that arrives after May 1. Once the de minimis rule is gone, no sale we can offer will ever make the Model 100 or Atreus as inexpensive as it is today. Starting in May, US customers will be charged $188 in new taxes (tariffs) on a Model 100 + additional customs clearance fees. The new US taxes on the Atreus will be $80 + additional customs clearance fees. We're really proud of these keyboards—we designed them to be the most comfortable tools to help you be productive, and to help you enjoy the experience of typing. We think they're worth the investment. We don't think a 54% tax is reasonable.
April 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Reposted by Finn Völkel
jarohen.dev
@xtdb.com beta6 is out today 🚀

Containing the sorts of changes that don't make for very exciting release-notes, but all the little things you'll appreciate when you're actually working with it day-to-day/deploying it into production.

No buzzwords this time I'm afraid!

xtdb.com/blog/v2beta6
[ANN] 2.0.0-beta6 · XTDB
xtdb.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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xtdb.com
🚀 Need accurate reporting and seamless data corrections in your #Database?
📹 See how XTDB's bitemporality makes auditing and historical queries effortless. Correct mistakes, track changes, and retrieve past states—all with simple SQL queries.

youtu.be/gKXpljRpHlo
The incredible TIME TRAVEL capabilities of XTDB 👀
YouTube video by XTDB
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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jarohen.dev
Blogged: "The Missing SQL Sub-queries"

SQL's had sub-queries since SQL:92 - but it's still a challenge to return properly nested data through SQL queries.

#XTDB has first-class support for nested values, as well as `NEST_ONE` and `NEST_MANY`, which fill this gap:

xtdb.com/blog/the-mis...
The missing SQL sub-queries · XTDB
xtdb.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:03 PM
fivo.bsky.social
Exciting news! clojure.berlin is live!
Join us for a Clojure GetTogether the 19.12 at Trespassers. #Clojure #Berlin
December 5, 2024 at 4:13 PM