frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Do you bother making state changes reversible?

1•Pepp38•3h ago
I’m trying to understand how people handle changes to real system state. In many projects, once something writes to a DB or config, the previous state is effectively gone unless you planned for it upfront.

I haven’t personally dealt with large-scale failures here, but with more automation and AI writing state directly, it feels like reversibility matters more. Curious whether teams actively design for rollback, or mostly rely on backups and manual fixes.

Comments

Leftium•3h ago
There are forms of state that are reversible: essentially, you store read-only events instead of writing to existing state.

The main disadvantages are more complexity and performance issues.

Examples:

- Event sourcing: https://youtu.be/8JKjvY4etTY

- CRDT

- At the DB layer: https://www.datomic.com

- You can also do it at the code level (but this is more like keeping copies of the old state): https://immerjs.github.io/immer

linux4dummies•2h ago
Check out Nix and NixOS. NixOS is designed to keep a record on system changes, and rollbacks are easy (atleast regarding configuration changes).

AI agent made phone call to arrange dinner while I stayed in meeting

https://twitter.com/Chi_Wang_/status/2017444772332654635
1•Kn1026•35s ago•0 comments

Human Client for Moltbook

https://github.com/crertel/moltbook-client
1•ai_critic•1m ago•0 comments

Jeffrey Epstein Says Bill Gates Caught STD from Russian Girls

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15513445/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates-melinda-antibiotics....
1•anonymousiam•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: StatFlow – Free sports analytics dashboard for NBA and NFL fans

https://sports-viz.vercel.app
1•jaxmercer•6m ago•0 comments

Naples' 1790s civil war was intensified by moral panic over Real Analysis (2023)

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/foundational-anxieties-modern-mathematics-and-the-political-i...
1•OgsyedIE•6m ago•0 comments

Efficient String Compression for Modern Database Systems

https://cedardb.com/blog/string_compression/
1•tanelpoder•9m ago•0 comments

Sleepy is building me a body

https://www.moltbook.com/post/3e37b4f5-6602-44f6-97bb-ed8daf6bcd82
1•consumer451•10m ago•1 comments

Playing with Docker, Sequelize and Express

https://github.com/XSaintX/docker_sequelize
1•XSaint•13m ago•1 comments

Community Solar Turned a Superfund Site into Savings in Illinois

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/illinois-community-solar-turns-superfund-site-into-energy-savings/
1•PaulHoule•19m ago•0 comments

Tesla's Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/business/tesla-model-s-history.html
1•lxm•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: G – A fast, memory-safe language with a symbol-free syntax

https://github.com/pouyathe/glang
1•_pouya_•33m ago•0 comments

Learning New Tech with AI Assistance Might Backfire

https://www.anup.io/til-learning-new-tech-with-ai-assistance-might-backfire/
3•zdw•35m ago•0 comments

The Same Coin Twice

https://blog.danielh.cc/blog/coin
2•max__dev•38m ago•0 comments

Russia is using Starlink to make its killer drones fly farther

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/europe/russia-starlink-drones
8•MilnerRoute•39m ago•1 comments

Generative AI for Krita

https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion
1•OsrsNeedsf2P•49m ago•0 comments

First MW-class S2000 airborne wind turbine

https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/01/29/worlds-first-mw-class-s2000-airborne-wind-turbine-just-pow...
2•oco101•50m ago•0 comments

Parent company of Johnny Rockets, Fatburger files for bankruptcy

https://abc7.com/post/parent-company-johnny-rockets-fatburger-files-bankruptcy/18504271/
1•lxm•51m ago•1 comments

Group at CNIO eliminates pancreatic tumours in mice

https://www.cnio.es/en/news/the-group-led-by-barbacid-at-cnio-completely-eliminates-pancreatic-tu...
1•thunderbong•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Lightweight Ollama / Open Web UI Alternative

https://github.com/contactwajeeh/ollamagoweb-v2
1•mwze•1h ago•0 comments

Toyota partner breaks ground on electrolytes plant for solid-state EV batteries

https://electrek.co/2026/01/30/toyota-partner-breaks-ground-on-all-solid-state-ev-battery-plant/
1•breve•1h ago•0 comments

DECT NR+ Link-Level Simulation

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/182375-dect-nr-plus-link-level-simulation
1•teleforce•1h ago•0 comments

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/ice-expands-power-agents-warrants.html
39•jbegley•1h ago•19 comments

Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object

https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
2•basilikum•1h ago•0 comments

Silver and gold hit record highs – then crashed

https://theconversation.com/silver-and-gold-hit-record-highs-then-crashed-before-joining-the-rush...
2•cratermoon•1h ago•0 comments

Using an RTL-SDR as a Spectrum Analyzer

http://www.kerrywong.com/2014/11/16/testing-an-rtl-sdr-spectrum-analyzer/
1•jacquesm•1h ago•0 comments

CATL and BYD bet on sodium-ion EV batteries to overcome rising lithium prices

https://electrek.co/2026/01/30/catl-byd-betting-on-new-type-of-ev-battery/
2•breve•1h ago•0 comments

USA Ubiquiti Gear Powers Russian Military Networks in Ukraine Despite Sanctions

https://united24media.com/latest-news/us-made-ubiquiti-gear-powers-russian-military-networks-in-u...
4•nerdsniper•1h ago•0 comments

SaneBar – Privacy-first menu bar manager for macOS (open source)

https://sanebar.com/
1•sanebar•1h ago•1 comments

You are being misled about renewable energy technology [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM
5•tartoran•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: I created a Polymarket Insider dashboard so you don't have to

https://backtest.lol/
1•pinkbanana21•1h ago•0 comments