Database Lives in My House
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
The page presents a live PostgreSQL 18 database running on a Minisforum mini PC in its author's home, reachable through Cloudflare Workers, Hyperdrive and a Cloudflare Tunnel with no open inbound ports.
Why it ranked
No. 31 of 107 with a score of 0.57. The panel rated it highest on technical depth (0.80) and new information (0.76), lowest on significance (0.42). The judges disagreed most on substantiated (spread 0.46), so the story is marked contested. Placed No. 31, No. 76 by score alone: the placement terms moved other stories past it.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Showcase of a self-hosted PostgreSQL 18 demo with live features; practical for database builders, technical but largely a demo page rather than broad news or research.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A highly reproducible interactive demonstration of PostgreSQL 18 features and real home-hosted infrastructure, with concrete SQL, query plans, constraints, networking details, and operational tradeoffs.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.57total under rubric v2.3Contestedjudges differ by 0.42 on significance, 0.46 on substantiated
- Significance0.42
- Reader interest0.71
- Audience breadth0.59
- Practical relevance0.66
- Substantiated0.75
- Technical depth0.80
- New information0.76
- Counts against: Promotional0.15
- Counts against: Overclaim0.20
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SignificanceHow much does this change what people in tech know or can do? | 0.46 | 0.20 | 0.62 | 0.42 | 0.42 , above the contested threshold | +0.24 | +0.102 |
| Reader interestWould a well-informed senior engineer or tech founder want to read this today, and likely pass it on? | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.86 | 0.71 | 0.24 | +0.26 | +0.185 |
| Audience breadthHow many people who build technology does it concern? | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.27 | +0.13 | +0.077 |
| Practical relevanceHow useful is it to someone who builds software or tech products? | 0.73 | 0.50 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.24 | +0.22 | +0.145 |
| SubstantiatedHow well is it backed? Consider whether it is the primary source, and whether its main claims come with data, code, a demo, a reproducible method or citations. | 0.88 | 0.45 | 0.91 | 0.75 | 0.46 , above the contested threshold | +0.05 | +0.037 |
| Technical depthHow technically substantive is it? | 0.95 | 0.60 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.35 | +0.05 | +0.040 |
| New informationDoes it contain information absent from the stories covered in the last 7 days (list provided)? | 0.90 | 0.50 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.40 | +0.05 | +0.038 |
| PromotionalIs it mainly marketing with little substance (a press release, ad or sponsored post with no real information)? A launch post that carries real news is not promotional. | 0.07 | 0.35 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.32 | −0.19 | −0.028 |
| OverclaimDo the headline or conclusions claim more than the body supports? | 0.21 | 0.30 | 0.08 | 0.20 | 0.22 | −0.11 | −0.022 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.575 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.575 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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