FLIP TABLE;

FLIP TABLE; 2026

by: isabel lee [website]
medium: nonograms

description
encode a message to your loved ones in a puzzle :]

stats
storage      ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ 7
write speed  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ 7

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │   * │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

the hair issue (winner: most cursed) [talk] [self-link]

by: sam heckle [website]
medium: hair

description
physical database of hair

stats
storage      ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
read speed   ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
write speed  ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       *     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: marcos acosta [website]
medium: Mac alarms

description
Schema-driven row-based database backed by iOS/MacOS alarms

stats
storage      ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1
availability ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
read speed   ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
write speed  ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       *     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

a db from scratch (winner: most based) [talk] [self-link]

by: john lemme [website]
medium: Scratch

description
I made this on an ipad

stats
storage      ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ 7
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
write speed  ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │  *  │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

SSH hex wordle (winner: true neutral) [self-link]

by: isaac
medium: SSH hex wordle

description
A simple read/write database using a wordle clone as the storage medium

stats
storage      ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
availability ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ 7
read speed   ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
write speed  ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────*─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

data center database / PCBCB with on-pita chip memory [talk] [self-link]

by: char stiles [website]
medium(s): data centers (speculative), charcuterie

description (data center database)
I found out last week a friend works on algorithms for datacenter power allocation and i started to convince her to allow me to have a backdoor to throttle the data and a way to monitor the datacenter status, and through breaking the datacenter you send and recieve data

description (PCBCB)
thats it... printed circuit board charcuterie board.

stats (PCBCB)
storage      ░░░░░░░░░░ 0
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
consistency  ░░░░░░░░░░ 0
read speed   ░░░░░░░░░░ 0
write speed  ░░░░░░░░░░ 0

alignment (PCBCB)
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │ *   │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: ava lehner
medium: music

description
songs are a database for your memories

stats
storage      ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
availability ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
write speed  ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 6

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │  *  │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: cameron (emptyflash) [website]
medium: Strava

description
Store and retrieve data encoded as the GPS coordinates of a run in Strava

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ 7
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
write speed  ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │   * │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: aaron, talisa, & krysten
medium: decay

description
Ability to access and project end of life bursts, however information gets degraded over time

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
availability ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
consistency  ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
write speed  ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │    *│     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: logan williams [website]
medium: iNaturalist

description
iNaturalist datastore

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 6
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 6
write speed  ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │  *  │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: frank chiarulli [website]
medium: Etch-a-Sketch

description
its an etch-a-sketch

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓░░░░░░ 4
availability ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
consistency  ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
write speed  ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │  *  │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: omar rizwan [website]
medium: MacOS display

description
Associate anything on your screen with anything else on your screen so it pops up when that thing comes onscreen

stats
storage      ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
availability ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 6
read speed   ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
write speed  ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       *     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: rafal dittwald [website]
medium: deck of cards

description
Encoding data in a deck of cards.

stats
storage      ░░░░░░░░░░ 0
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
read speed   ░░░░░░░░░░ 0
write speed  ░░░░░░░░░░ 0

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │ *   │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

Spork 8 Memory Editor [talk] [self-link]

by: ben anderman
medium: cpu built from scratch

description
A counting based data editor for the Spork 8 CPU, to store data on 32KB cartridges. Pretty functional; the main twist is the absurd number of extra steps involved, and the somewhat inconvenient interface.

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ 7
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 6
write speed  ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 6

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │ *   │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: andrew boylan [website]
medium: Instagram

description
store data on instagram (i'm just a normal shopkeep)

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓░░░░░░ 4
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
read speed   ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
write speed  ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─*───┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: haki alpay
medium: GitHub

description
Translingual cjk etymology dictionary

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
write speed  ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├────*┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: sidney san martin (s4y)
medium: simulated birds

description
Stores data in a flock of simulated birds

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
read speed   ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
write speed  ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼*────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: max bo [website]
medium: load balancer

description
SpectreDB implicitly writes data in an unsuspecting load balancer by querying specific paths, which can then be read back by measuring cache hits and misses.

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 6
write speed  ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │*    │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: brandon liu (bdon) [website]
medium: AirPods

description
open and close your AirPods case to blast data to unprepared strangers via bluetooth

stats
storage      ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1
availability ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
write speed  ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │ *   │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: cristóbal sciutto
medium: PNGs

description
Image-backed programming system. everything is an image.

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
availability ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
write speed  ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │   * │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: connie liu [website]
medium: Wikipedia links

description
A way to see your route as you traverse through a page

stats
storage      ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 9
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 8
write speed  ▓▓▓▓░░░░░░ 4

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼*────┤ blessed
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: lee tusman [website]
medium: morse code

description
Through the power of oral history, data is encoded through morse code vocalizations.

stats
storage      ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
availability ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
consistency  ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 2
read speed   ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
write speed  ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │  *  │     │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based

by: peter martel [website]
medium: dance

description
The robot wants you to dance. How does it want you to dance? In the most information-theoretically dense way.

stats
storage      ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
availability ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 6
consistency  ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ 5
read speed   ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 3
write speed  ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1

alignment
           data
       ┌─────┬─────┐
       │     │     │
       │     │     │
cursed ├─────┼─────┤ blessed
       │     │  *  │
       │     │     │
       └─────┴─────┘
           based