Ben Dicken on Engineering

I'm curious what it would take a talented engineer to build Postgres from scratch in 2026. Not a slopfork. Written in Rust, from the ground up, and fixing the mistakes of the original design (process per connection, table bloat, schema catalog). Who wants to burn some tokens?

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Why it worked

Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Invitation shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a question, which is the most reliable way to turn readers into repliers.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Announcement
Structure: Hook → Context → Invitation
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal, punchy
Written for: Engineers and technical teams

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