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PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs has died in a small airplane crash (m6n.io)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (8 children)

A huge yet underappreciated impact on the modern world. People don't realize how much work goes on behind the scenes to bring those apps/websites to life.

Thank you for all your contributions Simon. Rest in peace sir.

SELECT * FROM real_influencers WHERE name = 'Simon Riggs';

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Shouldn't that be:
DELETE FROM real_influencers WHERE name = 'Simon Riggs';

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm a bit paranoid...

UPDATE real_influencers SET is_active = 0 WHERE name = 'Simon Riggs';

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Please, let's get a little better data in here...

UPDATE real_influencers SET inactive_date=2024-03-29 WHERE name = 'Simon Riggs';

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

5621 rows updated

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

You can tell I'm more of a front-end guy 😄

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