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malisper • today at 4:32 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

The new general version is actually faster than the version accused of cheating.

The architecture of the query engine is:

  SQL -> IR -> Assembly
-preview had the full IR -> Assembly pipeline built out, but only part of the SQL -> IR part. As long as queries compile to the same IR, they're just as fast. We've shipped some more optimizations, so they got even faster.

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infogulch • today at 5:19 PM

If it delivers on being faster than the version accused of cheating with reasonable cache settings and no SQL feature limitations, I would say that resolves the accusations, regardless of the source code of -preview.

The remaining lesson here is that one should temper one's excitement with pre-release software, whether the software was built with AI or not (rather, especially if its built with AI). The preview results would have been more appropriate to announce on a social media platform than as a PR to the ClickBench repo.

spongebobstoes • today at 7:16 PM

thanks, I think this is the most important point in your defense