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Agents added two database backends to a content system in one weekend

Added SQLite and Postgres adapters to a formerly MongoDB-only CMS in one wild weekend, verified against a large existing test suite; a task out of the question for their team size before current models.

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  1. SQLite and Postgres adapters are added to a formerly single-database content system in one wild weekend
  2. Verified against the large existing test suite
  3. A task out of the question for their team size before

Why it’s worth knowing

The test suite is what made a wild weekend safe.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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