Philip O'Toole

Humanoid robots won’t surprise us when they arrive

How (and why) rqlite takes control of the SQLite Write-Ahead Log

rqlite 10.0: Better clustering and better management

Unified Telemetry Management Plane at Google Cloud Next

New guide for working with rqlite clusters

Antithesis chooses rqlite to demonstrate AI-assisted testing

Speaking at GCP Next 2026

Native Linux packages for rqlite

The source code was the moat. But not anymore

Discovering git worktrees

Agentic coding with Claude and Copilot

Why talking to LLMs has improved my thinking

Common misunderstandings about large software companies

Start your meetings at 5 minutes past

rqlite 9.3.5 to 9.3.10: Snapshot Robustness, WAL Handling, and Shell Improvements

rqlite 9.3.1 to 9.3.4: Parser Updates, Static Analysis Fixes, and Non-Root Docker Images

rqlite 9.2 — the Distributed SQLite Database — Fast Restarts with GB Datasets

rqlite images now available on GitHub Container Registry

rqlite reaches 17,000 stars on GitHub

Driving Open Standards in Cloud Observability

Tokens & Tactics: Scaling Yourself Horizontally with AI

rqlite 9.0: Real-time Change Data Capture for Distributed SQLite

On the way to rqlite 9.0

My development team costs $41.73 a month

Consistency Over Availability: How rqlite handles the CAP Theorem

rqlite 8.38.0 to 8.42.0: Leader Stepdown, Google Cloud Backups, and More

Adding automatic Google Cloud Storage Backup and Restore to rqlite