polling
3 stories and discussions about polling, aggregated from every source we track.
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A technical review of the live score feature in Google search results, delivered with some surprisingly old-school tech from the 90s.
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I tested PostgreSQL 19 beta 4's new WAIT FOR LSN command against the polling loop it replaces: matched latency against a tight poll, but 38% mean standby CPU against 57% under 10 concurrent readers, plus the exact errors it throws for every misuse I tried.
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I'm a pollster and this is getting ridiculous.