SQLite, DuckDB, PostgreSQL, distributed DBs, vector DBs, graph DBs — there is no shortage of great products. I'm building a new database anyway because every time the project moves forward, I re-pick the DB and rebuild the data itself. Alopex DB aims to be a foundation that keeps data's volume, conversion time, regeneration cost, and provenance intact as you scale from local to cloud, from single node to distributed.
The myth that 'Rust can do anything' collapses the moment you try to scale a recursive AST. For SQL parsers — massive tagged unions, deep recursion — Rust's type system breaks down in both compile time and maintainability. A 3-language benchmark porting the same parser to Nim and Roc shows exactly why Rust is structurally the wrong tool, with runnable code.
A technical look at Roc — Richard Feldman's pure functional language. Covering the alpha4-rolling status, Perceus reference counting, the Platform/Host model, and the Zig compiler rewrite, informed by AlopexDB's SQL parser trial.
A technical overview of Nim in 2026 — the stable 2.2 series, the upcoming 3.0 (Nimony) compiler rewrite, ORC memory management, C ABI interop, and its real-world performance as an SQL parser candidate for AlopexDB.
SQLite, DuckDB, PostgreSQL, distributed DBs, vector DBs, graph DBs — there is no shortage of great products. I'm building a new database anyway because every time the project moves forward, I re-pick the DB and rebuild the data itself. Alopex DB aims to be a foundation that keeps data's volume, conversion time, regeneration cost, and provenance intact as you scale from local to cloud, from single node to distributed.
The myth that 'Rust can do anything' collapses the moment you try to scale a recursive AST. For SQL parsers — massive tagged unions, deep recursion — Rust's type system breaks down in both compile time and maintainability. A 3-language benchmark porting the same parser to Nim and Roc shows exactly why Rust is structurally the wrong tool, with runnable code.
A technical look at Roc — Richard Feldman's pure functional language. Covering the alpha4-rolling status, Perceus reference counting, the Platform/Host model, and the Zig compiler rewrite, informed by AlopexDB's SQL parser trial.
A technical overview of Nim in 2026 — the stable 2.2 series, the upcoming 3.0 (Nimony) compiler rewrite, ORC memory management, C ABI interop, and its real-world performance as an SQL parser candidate for AlopexDB.
