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Is it common for this sort of database to not expose an interface over IP ? It seems to me that a local-only database would severely restrict the use-cases - bu

by liotier 10y ago

Is it common for this sort of database to not expose an interface over IP ? It seems to me that a local-only database would severely restrict the use-cases - but maybe I'm just ignorant of many local-only uses. Or should another program handle the networking, with BuntDB as a backend ?

tidwall 10y ago
There are plans for a frontend application with a simple command interface, and network support. Though for now it's a Go package that is intended to be imported into projects.
danielheath 10y ago
It's common for programs to embed a database engine. Informally, you're doing this every time you write any structured data to a file. Baking a database into your application drastically simplifies distribution/deployment and avoids network bottlenecks (at the cost of restricting your choice of storage engine, making it harder to hire staff experienced with your tech, etc).