John Mars

Graph database is building! It took a lot of trial and error, but I am currently building a database of every article and their connections.

48 hours into building the database, and my computer crashed (I assume it was some memory issue caused by trying to build the database).

Its been anout 30 hours since I started building the database, and it is still going...

I didn't actually get the database to build yesterday. There were a bunch of errors, from issues with my Apple Silicon Mac, to version issues with the Neo4j SDK, to memory sizing issues with Docker. After a lot of fiddling, I finally got a Docker container to start building the

I'm taking a slight step backwards today. Last night, I remembered about Neo4j, a database that's built with graphs instead of more common data structures (like SQL). Neo4j Graph Data Platform – The Leader in Graph DatabasesConnect data as it’s stored with Neo4j. Perform powerful, complex queries at scale and

First, I installed Prisma, introspected the database, and generated a client. I've worked with Prisma before (it's a great ORM), and it gives the ability to swap to a different database source in the future without too much difficulty (in case sqlite doesn't cut it). Next, I need to implement

We bought a domain! It's https://wikiwiki.today Today, I also started setting up a new Next.js project (with TypeScript, ESLint, Prettier, Tailwind, Emotion, and twin.macro), and started hosting it on Vercel. I expect we'll also need to run a traditional server somewhere else (like DigitalOcean or Render)

For the first experiment, I'm going to work with my friend and colleague Mo Mahler to build WikiWiki, a Wordle-like puzzle game where players try to get from one Wikipedia article to another only by clicking links within the articles. There is an existing implementation of this game (it also