minikv

How does this deleted fix_everything.sh fit in to your story? https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/6e01d29365f345283ec...

Irrelevant question. In README has: >Built in public as a learning-by-doing project So, either the entire project was already written and being uploaded one file at the time (first modification since lowest commit mentioned is README update: https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/6fa48be1187f596dde8..., clearly AI generated and clearly AI used has codebase/architecture knowledge), and this claim is false, or they're implementing a new component every 30s.

Hi HN, I'm Emilie, I have a literature background (which explains the well-written documentation!) and I've been learning Rust and distributed systems by building minikv over the past few months. It recently got featured in Programmez! magazine: https://www.programmez.com/actualites/minikv-un-key-value-st... minikv is an open-source, distributed storage engine built for learning, experimentation, and self-hosted setups. It combines a strongly-consistent key-value database (Raft), S3-compatible object storage, and basic multi-tenancy. Features/highlights: - Raft consensus with automatic failover and sharding - S3-compatible HTTP API (plus REST/gRPC APIs) - Pluggable storage backends: in-memory, RocksDB, Sled - Multi-tenant: per-tenant namespaces, role-based access, quotas, and audit - Metrics (Prometheus), TLS, JWT-based API keys - Easy

I just don't see the point of denying that. People use LLMs for coding for sure and it is not a bad thing, and no one can automate a full project 100% with LLMs. What I saw is that you created initial commits one file at a time via GitHub's web UI, with multiple follow-up commits just to remove emojis from your scripts: https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/c611897f05235ea4410... https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/59369fcbb2a94c5dd07... https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/0e86e9e328b21170e77... https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/9a4cedcd30c3a00e7ea... Care to share why those emojis were there in the first place? I guess the next step is to say the Rust codes are 100% handwritten but scripts/docs are AI-assisted? ;)

Was CONTRIBUTING.md also authored with the help of AI tools? I can see a "YOUR_USERNAME" placeholder was removed in this commit: https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/eda60aa154a1293d981....

Hi HN, I’m Emilie (Em’ on GitHub: https://github.com/whispem). My background is in literature and linguistics – I spent most of my pre-2025 life far away from computers. I really started programming in January 2025 through the Apple Foundation Program, where I learned Swift, UI/UX design, and how to build basic iOS apps—even though everything felt new and visual at first! That playful intro made me realize I could actually learn to code, so I kept pushing my limits. Since October 27th, 2025, I’ve been diving deep into Rust and systems development, building projects as a way to understand storage engines, distributed systems, and even the basics like command-line tools. I was even invited to give a talk about my learning journey and beginner perspective at Epitech Marseille on December 16th, 2025, which was an amazing (and slightly terrif

You left behind a script clearly written by your LLM tool that patched some problems in your code. It's undeniable. I'm all for using the tools available, but I don't understand lying about it. https://github.com/whispem/minikv/blob/main/fix_ci_complete....

Ok, let me call you out more explicitly. It is clear that most of the code is not written by you. Commit history shows that first a large feature appears out of the blue, then you have a followup series of commits removing "useless" comments (left by LLM). Quite a few useless comments are still there. Also your rust implementation is 100% broken which some of comments you deleted point out. I also love this comment: https://github.com/whispem/minikv/blob/main/src/coordinator/... It is exactly what LLMs write when you ask them to implement something.

https://github.com/whispem/minikv/blob/main/src/coordinator/... Nice, you are the first person I have seen who cares to type in unicode arrow instead of "->" in comments.

Hi HN, I’m releasing minikv, a distributed key-value and object store in Rust. What is minikv? minikv is an open-source, distributed storage engine built for learning, experimentation, and self-hosted setups. It combines a strongly-consistent key-value database (Raft), S3-compatible object storage, and basic multi-tenancy. I started minikv as a learning project about distributed systems, and it grew into something production-ready and fun to extend. Features/highlights: - Raft consensus with automatic failover and sharding - S3-compatible HTTP API (plus REST/gRPC APIs) - Pluggable storage backends: in-memory, RocksDB, Sled - Multi-tenant: per-tenant namespaces, role-based access, quotas, and audit - Metrics (Prometheus), TLS, JWT-based API keys - Easy to deploy (single binary, works with Docker/Kubernetes) Quick demo (single node): git