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1. riku_i+N1[view] [source] 2026-01-17 19:52:40
>>whispe+(OP)
Interesting chronology:

Feb 2025: first encounter with coding

oct 2025: started learning rust

Jan 2026: production grade distributed kv store with transactions, enterprise security, durability, etc

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2. whispe+L2[view] [source] 2026-01-17 20:00:26
>>riku_i+N1
Thanks a lot for your comment!

I’ve put a lot of work into this over the past year—learning from established open source projects and carefully testing every feature to build something robust and reliable. For now, this is still a passion and learning project, but I do hope that, eventually, it can mature enough to be used in real-world production—maybe even in enterprise contexts someday.

There’s still a long way to go, and I’m definitely open to feedback and suggestions from anyone who’d like to help me improve.

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3. riku_i+d3[view] [source] 2026-01-17 20:02:47
>>whispe+L2
main question is what % of code is yours and what % is generated by AI?
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4. whispe+J3[view] [source] 2026-01-17 20:07:06
>>riku_i+d3
Good question!

All the code, architecture, logic, and design in minikv were written by me, 100% by hand. I did use AI tools only for a small part of the documentation—specifically the README, LEARNING.md, and RAM_COMMUNITY.md files—to help structure the content and improve clarity.

But for all the source code (Rust), tests, and implementation, I wrote everything myself, reviewing and designing every part.

Let me know if you want details or want to look at a specific part of the code!

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5. the-la+L4[view] [source] 2026-01-17 20:14:53
>>whispe+J3
https://github.com/whispem/minikv/blob/main/src/coordinator/...

Nice, you are the first person I have seen who cares to type in unicode arrow instead of "->" in comments.

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6. orphea+9b[view] [source] 2026-01-17 20:55:53
>>the-la+L4
For the sake of fairness, a lot of people do care to type or copy-and-paste unicode.
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7. whispe+6g[view] [source] 2026-01-17 21:30:52
>>orphea+9b
Thanks!
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