Comment by riku_iki

2 days ago

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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whispem  2 days ago

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.

  • riku_iki  2 days ago

    main question is what % of code is yours and what % is generated by AI?

    • whispem  2 days ago

      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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jlundberg  2 days ago

Agreed!

It easy to forget we all started fresh and learned a lot the first few years.

On topic, this project looks nice but a bit too featureful for my minimalistic taste.

  • whispem  2 days ago

    Thanks for the kind words and for the “beginners” encouragement—totally agree, it’s easy to lose sight of that!

    I get the point about feature creep. I started “small,” then kept adding features as a way to learn and push my limits. My goal is to keep the design modular enough so people can use just the parts they need.

    If you (or anyone else) would be interested in a stripped-down mode or a build with fewer features, I’d love to hear what that would look like to you!

    Thanks again for the thoughtful feedback.