<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Makeshift Engineering Blog</title><description>Engineering deep dives, project updates, and things we&apos;ve learned. From databases to developer tools.</description><link>https://blog.makeshift.pro/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Our First Project - PenguinDB</title><link>https://blog.makeshift.pro/blog/our-first-project-penguin-db/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.makeshift.pro/blog/our-first-project-penguin-db/</guid><description>PenguinDB is the first project under the Makeshift Engineering organisation. A custom database built from scratch, that is SQL compliant but stores key value pairs for speed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate><category>announcements</category><category>penguin-db</category><category>golang</category><category>engineering</category></item><item><title>Why We Started Makeshift Engineering</title><link>https://blog.makeshift.pro/blog/why-makeshift/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.makeshift.pro/blog/why-makeshift/</guid><description>The story behind a group of friends who decided to build things together, on their own terms.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>announcements</category><category>makeshift</category><category>open-source</category><category>team</category></item></channel></rss>