The short version
Doom implemented in SQL; admired for turning query planning into a state machine.
From the HackerLinks archive
SQL Doom
Doom implemented in SQL; admired for turning query planning into a state machine.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-10-06
Last seen:2026-10-06
Times seen:1
Website:cedardb.com
Why it caught our attention
A playful but explicit endorsement makes this a concrete systems rabbit hole.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-10-06
“Less lines of code than vanilla C while abusing query planning as a state machine is peak engineering malpractice. I love it.”
soltanov · recommendation
Direct HN comment
We ported the original Doom to SQL