https://petermckee.dev/blog Notes on building software — databases, systems, and AI. en-us https://petermckee.dev/blog/building-shrikedb-extendible-hashing https://petermckee.dev/blog/building-shrikedb-extendible-hashing Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why ShrikeDB uses extendible hashing for its keyspace, and how it avoids the stop-the-world rehash that bites most open-addressing tables. https://petermckee.dev/blog/the-trust-threshold--senior-engineers-are-already-crossing-it https://petermckee.dev/blog/the-trust-threshold--senior-engineers-are-already-crossing-it Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why ShrikeDB uses extendible hashing for its keyspace, and how it avoids the stop-the-world rehash that bites most open-addressing tables. https://petermckee.dev/blog/rebuilding-my-site-with-nextjs https://petermckee.dev/blog/rebuilding-my-site-with-nextjs Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT I moved petermckee.dev from a hand-rolled CRA single-page app to Next.js. Here's what got simpler and what I'd do again.