Manish Gill
@manishgill.bsky.social
Engineering Manager @clickhouse.com | Databases | Kubernetes | http://parallelthoughts.xyz | https://berlinsystems.xyz/ | https://cal.com/manishgill | AI Research @TomTom
Delhi raised, Berlin based.
Delhi raised, Berlin based.
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LLMs might teach us something about discourse. Imagine if it was socially acceptable within an argument or discussion to pause and say "Thinking longer for a better answer"
October 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
LLMs might teach us something about discourse. Imagine if it was socially acceptable within an argument or discussion to pause and say "Thinking longer for a better answer"
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There was collaboration attempt between CMU, Tsinghua, Meta, CWI, Nvidia, Voltron, & SpiralDB. But then lawyers got involved and it fell apart. Everyone released their own format:
→ Meta Nimble: github.com/facebookincu...
→ CWI FastLanes: github.com/cwida/FastLa...
→ SpiralDB Vortex: vortex.dev
→ Meta Nimble: github.com/facebookincu...
→ CWI FastLanes: github.com/cwida/FastLa...
→ SpiralDB Vortex: vortex.dev
GitHub - facebookincubator/nimble: New file format for storage of large columnar datasets.
New file format for storage of large columnar datasets. - facebookincubator/nimble
github.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
There was collaboration attempt between CMU, Tsinghua, Meta, CWI, Nvidia, Voltron, & SpiralDB. But then lawyers got involved and it fell apart. Everyone released their own format:
→ Meta Nimble: github.com/facebookincu...
→ CWI FastLanes: github.com/cwida/FastLa...
→ SpiralDB Vortex: vortex.dev
→ Meta Nimble: github.com/facebookincu...
→ CWI FastLanes: github.com/cwida/FastLa...
→ SpiralDB Vortex: vortex.dev
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Is anyone working on a K8s alternative? Kinda curious.
June 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Is anyone working on a K8s alternative? Kinda curious.
Since I spent the entire first half of the day going over at least a 150+ CVs, I'll just mention a few Dos and Don't.
These aren't cardinal rules (I also make mistakes). But here we go:
1. Proof of work. Done similar work? I'll likely trust you to ramp up quickly
These aren't cardinal rules (I also make mistakes). But here we go:
1. Proof of work. Done similar work? I'll likely trust you to ramp up quickly
May 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Since I spent the entire first half of the day going over at least a 150+ CVs, I'll just mention a few Dos and Don't.
These aren't cardinal rules (I also make mistakes). But here we go:
1. Proof of work. Done similar work? I'll likely trust you to ramp up quickly
These aren't cardinal rules (I also make mistakes). But here we go:
1. Proof of work. Done similar work? I'll likely trust you to ramp up quickly
This is still a thing. I'm hiring 2 engineers. DM me or Email your CV at manish.gill [at] clickhouse [dot] com.
Are there Senior/Staff+ Engineers on my timeline who want to work on the intersection of #Databases, #Caches, #Infra, Kubernetes/Operators and #Scaling #Algorithms (think time series, predictive scaling etc)?
If so, please drop me a DM. Our small but mighty team at ClickHouse is growing!
If so, please drop me a DM. Our small but mighty team at ClickHouse is growing!
May 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is still a thing. I'm hiring 2 engineers. DM me or Email your CV at manish.gill [at] clickhouse [dot] com.
My London #KubeCon / #CloudNativeCon 2025 talk is now up! Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufY_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufY_...
Dancing With the Pods: Live Migration of a Database Fleet While Serving... Jayme Bird & Manish Gill
YouTube video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My London #KubeCon / #CloudNativeCon 2025 talk is now up! Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufY_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufY_...
Are there Senior/Staff+ Engineers on my timeline who want to work on the intersection of #Databases, #Caches, #Infra, Kubernetes/Operators and #Scaling #Algorithms (think time series, predictive scaling etc)?
If so, please drop me a DM. Our small but mighty team at ClickHouse is growing!
If so, please drop me a DM. Our small but mighty team at ClickHouse is growing!
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Are there Senior/Staff+ Engineers on my timeline who want to work on the intersection of #Databases, #Caches, #Infra, Kubernetes/Operators and #Scaling #Algorithms (think time series, predictive scaling etc)?
If so, please drop me a DM. Our small but mighty team at ClickHouse is growing!
If so, please drop me a DM. Our small but mighty team at ClickHouse is growing!
In #London this week to attend KubeCon. My colleague Jayme Bird and I will be doing a talk about a year long dtatefulset orchestration migration in ClickHouse cloud.
Do attend the talk if you are interested in operators, durable execution or databases.
#KubeCon #CloudNativeCon #Kubecon2025
Do attend the talk if you are interested in operators, durable execution or databases.
#KubeCon #CloudNativeCon #Kubecon2025
March 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In #London this week to attend KubeCon. My colleague Jayme Bird and I will be doing a talk about a year long dtatefulset orchestration migration in ClickHouse cloud.
Do attend the talk if you are interested in operators, durable execution or databases.
#KubeCon #CloudNativeCon #Kubecon2025
Do attend the talk if you are interested in operators, durable execution or databases.
#KubeCon #CloudNativeCon #Kubecon2025
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Chapters 1–7 of the second edition of Designing Data-Intensive Applications are now available in early release (sorry, O'Reilly subscribers only at this point). Among other changes, you may notice that we now talk about “sharding” rather than “partitioning” www.oreilly.com/library/view...
Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd Edition
Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there...
www.oreilly.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Chapters 1–7 of the second edition of Designing Data-Intensive Applications are now available in early release (sorry, O'Reilly subscribers only at this point). Among other changes, you may notice that we now talk about “sharding” rather than “partitioning” www.oreilly.com/library/view...
Learning German is more difficult than learning C++.
February 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Learning German is more difficult than learning C++.
Whoever said Go is a minimal language is a liar.
February 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Whoever said Go is a minimal language is a liar.
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First NYC Systems talks of 2025 tonight! See you there!
February 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
First NYC Systems talks of 2025 tonight! See you there!
What resources would you recommend to learn C++ in 2025?
February 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What resources would you recommend to learn C++ in 2025?
Berlin Systems Group berlinsystems.xyz will host our 5th meetup this evening. Come Join us to talk about Apache Iceberg and LLVM.
If you are into Compilers, Distributed Systems, Databases, Formal Verifications, Programming Languages etc, this is the place for you.
If you are into Compilers, Distributed Systems, Databases, Formal Verifications, Programming Languages etc, this is the place for you.
Berlin Systems
berlinsystems.xyz
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Berlin Systems Group berlinsystems.xyz will host our 5th meetup this evening. Come Join us to talk about Apache Iceberg and LLVM.
If you are into Compilers, Distributed Systems, Databases, Formal Verifications, Programming Languages etc, this is the place for you.
If you are into Compilers, Distributed Systems, Databases, Formal Verifications, Programming Languages etc, this is the place for you.
Berlin Systems Group is back with its 5th edition!
Happening Feb 5th - we will have 2 talks: on Apache Iceberg and LLVM.
Register here: lu.ma/7gzae6az
Happening Feb 5th - we will have 2 talks: on Apache Iceberg and LLVM.
Register here: lu.ma/7gzae6az
Berlin Systems Group · Luma
Meetup (February 5th)
Our latest meetup for all low level systems enthusiasts in Berlin. If you’re interested in how Databases, Distributed Systems and…
lu.ma
January 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Berlin Systems Group is back with its 5th edition!
Happening Feb 5th - we will have 2 talks: on Apache Iceberg and LLVM.
Register here: lu.ma/7gzae6az
Happening Feb 5th - we will have 2 talks: on Apache Iceberg and LLVM.
Register here: lu.ma/7gzae6az
Billion Row Challenge for JSON? Yes Please jsonbench.com
JSONBench — a Benchmark For Data Analytics On JSON
jsonbench.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Billion Row Challenge for JSON? Yes Please jsonbench.com
Super excited to announce that my talk "Dancing with the Pods: Live migration of a database fleet while serving millions of queries" was accepted for KubeCon 2025 London.
#kubecon #kubernetes #clickhouse
#kubecon #kubernetes #clickhouse
January 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Super excited to announce that my talk "Dancing with the Pods: Live migration of a database fleet while serving millions of queries" was accepted for KubeCon 2025 London.
#kubecon #kubernetes #clickhouse
#kubecon #kubernetes #clickhouse
When you send someone a linkedin request without a note etc, what is your expectation?
Not judging, just curious. I’m guilty of doing the same and would like to understand this.
Not judging, just curious. I’m guilty of doing the same and would like to understand this.
January 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When you send someone a linkedin request without a note etc, what is your expectation?
Not judging, just curious. I’m guilty of doing the same and would like to understand this.
Not judging, just curious. I’m guilty of doing the same and would like to understand this.
Finished Stormlight Archive Book 5 (Wind and Truth) by Brandon Sanderson. I need more Stormlight content in my life so I've spent the last few days grabbing all I can.
On towards Dawnshard, which is a Novella that I somehow missed.
#booksky
On towards Dawnshard, which is a Novella that I somehow missed.
#booksky
January 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Finished Stormlight Archive Book 5 (Wind and Truth) by Brandon Sanderson. I need more Stormlight content in my life so I've spent the last few days grabbing all I can.
On towards Dawnshard, which is a Novella that I somehow missed.
#booksky
On towards Dawnshard, which is a Novella that I somehow missed.
#booksky
Rewrite it in Rust is still a thing in 2025:https://fishshell.com/blog/rustport/
January 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Rewrite it in Rust is still a thing in 2025:https://fishshell.com/blog/rustport/
I appreciate all the hip-hop references.
Buckle up because we're banging into the new year with my annual retrospective of the last year in databases! Highlights include license change blowback, Databricks vs. Snowflake gangwar, @duckdb.org's shotgun weddings, and buying a quarterback to impress your lover: www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/...
Databases in 2024: A Year in Review
Andy rises from the ashes of his dead startup and discusses what happened in 2024 in the database game.
www.cs.cmu.edu
January 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I appreciate all the hip-hop references.
In 2025 I want to meet less talkers and more builders.
January 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In 2025 I want to meet less talkers and more builders.
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A bit late, but finally published my collection of good papers, blogs, videos (and one book). So we can all enjoy reading over the holidays and start 2025 inspired.
open.substack.com/pub/hackings...
open.substack.com/pub/hackings...
What every SaaS developer should read on vacation - 2024 Edition
The annual round-up of long-ish papers and videos. Start the new year with new knowledge and inspiration.
open.substack.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:19 PM
A bit late, but finally published my collection of good papers, blogs, videos (and one book). So we can all enjoy reading over the holidays and start 2025 inspired.
open.substack.com/pub/hackings...
open.substack.com/pub/hackings...
Insane is a good word to describe it. A freaking horror show that I can’t stop watching.
They disabled the racism debuff on Twitter and it's going insane over there right now
December 27, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Insane is a good word to describe it. A freaking horror show that I can’t stop watching.