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Dolt is Git for Data: a SQL database that you can fork, clone, branch, merge

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752 points crazypython | 1 comments | 06 Mar 21 21:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.249s | source
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weeboid ◴[07 Mar 21 00:07 UTC] No.26371774[source]▶
Scanned for this comment before making it. This optically reads as "Dolt", not "DoIt"
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coldtea ◴[07 Mar 21 00:16 UTC] No.26371819[source]▶
Just optically? It's meant to be "dolt", not "do it", optically and semantically.

It's a pun on git, which also means "stupid/unpleasant/etc person".

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1. weeboid ◴[07 Mar 21 02:59 UTC] No.26372739[source]▶
ahh, got whooshed by the cool kids. dammit