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Dax Raad

Software engineer in Miami, co-creator of SST and OpenCode; writes at thdxr.com.

7 things

KyselySoftware Sami Koskimäki

loved

To connect to these various databases I am using the incredible library by Sami Koskimäki called Kysely

Describing the query builder he used to run the benchmark against Postgres and MySQL.

thdxr.com ↗·2021-10-20

muse sparkSoftware OpenCode

liked

muse spark 1.3 reminding me how much i missed fast models

On the speed of the muse spark model, which is served through his own product OpenCode.

x.com ↗·2026-09-03

DynamoDBService Amazon Web Services

recommended

I typically recommend looking at serverless native databases like DynamoDB or Fauna however they do not work for all preferences or workloads.

A benchmark post comparing ways to run a relational database behind AWS Lambda.

thdxr.com ↗·2021-10-20

FaunaService Fauna

recommended

I typically recommend looking at serverless native databases like DynamoDB or Fauna however they do not work for all preferences or workloads.

A benchmark post comparing ways to run a relational database behind AWS Lambda.

thdxr.com ↗·2021-10-20

PlanetScaleService PlanetScale

recommended

That said, I'd personally pick Planetscale in this situation.

The conclusion of his benchmark of Aurora Serverless, the RDS Data API and PlanetScale.

thdxr.com ↗·2021-10-20

HoneycombService Honeycomb.io

uses

i analyzed a weeks worth of data via honeycomb + planetscale mcp and opencode2's codemode

Describing the stack he used to analyse a week of data and mail affected users.

x.com ↗·2026-09-03

PlanetScaleService PlanetScale

uses

i analyzed a weeks worth of data via honeycomb + planetscale mcp and opencode2's codemode

Describing the stack he used to analyse a week of data and mail affected users; he used PlanetScale's MCP server.

x.com ↗·2026-09-03

OpenCodeSoftware OpenCode

uses

then setup a script to email 140,000 impacted users with personalized instructions for how to fix the tool they're using all on OpenCode's muse spark free tier

Doing real production work on his own product's free tier. Raad is a co-creator of OpenCode.

x.com ↗·2026-09-03

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