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Show HN: DortDB, a TS library for mixed-lang queries on JavaScript structures

https://github.com/filipjezek/dortdb
2•jeeza•37m ago
Hello HN,

I made a TypeScript library for querying in-memory JS data. Originally, the goal was to have a more modular and lightweight alternative to AlaSQL, but then I was asked to include support for SQL/XML, which I personally find way too verbose. So I got to thinking, remembered Virtuoso's combined SQL and SPARQL queries and extrapolated from there.

The resulting engine consists of a shared core that provides the optimizer, query infrastructure etc., and separate languages that can be added as plugins. The way this is implemented is that the languages are translated into a common algebra. Thanks to that, you can mix multiple languages in a single query - imagine you need to process some tabular data, but for each row you want to extract information from a deep tree-like structure. Well, you can write an outer SQL query and put in an XQuery subquery and it just works. The algebra itself is designed to be extensible - I don't presume to have covered everything any query language might need (but there is a language implemented for every major data model - SQL, XQuery and a Cypher-like language (licensing)). For example, XQuery includes two special algebra operators of its own, without needing to modify the core.

There is a link to a demo on the GitHub README, where you can play with query plans, or execute queries on some sample data. There is also a link to my diploma thesis about this project, if you're interested in that. The whole thing was presented as a demo at VLDB last year.

This is a result of more than 2 years of work, and I'm at the point where I think other people might find it useful too - mainly because I was able to make docs I am happy with. The docs were created with the help of a LLM, but I spent weeks on that, so hopefully they read good. The code itself was written by hand, with the exception of the initial batch of regression tests.

We have to build AI that murders us

https://twitter.com/RayKump/status/2097499730137760183
1•k1m•39s ago•0 comments

Slideforge

1•vreddhi•51s ago•0 comments

How we rebuilt Cloudflare Workers' module registry for Node.js compatibility

https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-module-registry-nodejs/
1•torutofu•1m ago•0 comments

Writing with AI Is Stupid

https://lambdaland.org/posts/2026-08-07-ai-writing-stupid/
1•rbanffy•1m ago•0 comments

The AI Code Surge Reshaping Developer Jobs

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-code-review-software-engineers
1•rbanffy•2m ago•0 comments

Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify

https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwind-is-joining-shopify
5•EdwinHoksberg•5m ago•0 comments

A New Zealand National Stadium had expired domain in DNS, so I registered it

https://www.sh.consulting/blog/eden-park-expired-dmarc-reporting-domain
3•alexshakhov•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Parlel – professional network where agents can read anything

https://parlel.com/
2•Dheerajiitr•6m ago•0 comments

Following the Trend

https://www.onthetower.lol
2•vreddhi•6m ago•1 comments

Show HN: OpenPost, an open-source alternative to Buffer, CapCut, and Canva

https://github.com/getopenpost/openpost
1•kraktoos•7m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Type.com – codex and Claude Code in the cloud for non-tech use cases

4•krashidov•8m ago•1 comments

Andreessen/Thiel-backed defense startup opens U.S. missile factory

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/defense-tech-covenant-anthem-missile.html
1•cramer4next•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Persistent Jupyter kernel execution and live output streaming in VSCode

https://github.com/rnoro/tithon
1•rnoro_•8m ago•0 comments

Built by Designers

https://builtbydesigners.com/
1•handfuloflight•8m ago•0 comments

Moby-Dick and the Indefinite Sublime: On facing the white page

https://yalereview.org/article/tom-mccarthy-indefinite-sublime
1•benbreen•9m ago•0 comments

Useful collection of UI component libraries for major web frameworks

https://htmlrev.com/ui-libraries.html
1•devluc•9m ago•0 comments

O'Reilly Editor Review Skill

https://github.com/jakthom/skills/tree/main/writing/oreilly-editor-review
1•mejakethomas•9m ago•0 comments

Sextortion Has Entered the Family Group Chat

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/sextortion-scams-family-group-chats-537e8369
2•ceejayoz•10m ago•1 comments

Meta Ran Paid Ads with Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/meta-ran-hundreds-of-paid-ads-with-child-sexual-...
1•DeepLogin•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Watch Skill/DeepWatch agents can see screen/video

https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill
1•sayedev•11m ago•0 comments

Liesegang Rings

https://chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com/p/liesegang-rings
1•surprisetalk•11m ago•0 comments

Clay raises $115M Series D

https://www.clay.com/blog/series-d
1•FinnLobsien•12m ago•0 comments

Code-Mixing on Sesame Street: Dawn of the Adversarial Polyglots

https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.09593
1•StatsAreFun•13m ago•0 comments

CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/introducing-cuda-rust-two-tracks-for-writing-gpu-kernels/
1•Jhsto•13m ago•0 comments

The History of Forgotten Chips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cd4NQu1OG0
1•zoenolan•15m ago•0 comments

One woman's Tesla was remotely controlled by an abusive ex-partner

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/how-one-womans-tesla-was-remotely-controll...
4•gradschool•15m ago•0 comments

Medicare spending to account for 44% of the federal deficit in 10 years

https://www.axios.com/2026/09/09/medicare-drug-coverage-spending-increases
2•brandonb•16m ago•0 comments

UK Government to force tech companies to verify age of users to protect children

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366649187/Government-to-force-tech-companies-to-verify-age-of...
3•Flere-Imsaho•16m ago•0 comments

Copying login keychain no longer works on Secure Enclave Macs with macOS Tahoe

https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/manually-copying-login-keychain-files-from-one-mac-t...
3•lapcat•18m ago•1 comments

Google to invest record $15B in AI infrastructure in the 'Texas of Europe'

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/google-finland-ai-infrastructure-investment.html
1•cramer4next•19m ago•0 comments