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Serverless means anything really, a cli app is now serverless. I didn't know I was writing serverless applications for 20 years then. Serverless was already a b

by camus2 10y ago

Serverless means anything really, a cli app is now serverless. I didn't know I was writing serverless applications for 20 years then. Serverless was already a bad buzz word, it gets more and more meaningless by the hour. By the way sqlite just got support for JSON : https://www.sqlite.org/json1.html https://www.sqlite.org/json1.html off-topic : I'd like to see more books on database implementation for beginners. Of all the crap load of CS books that come out year after year this is a matter with very little literature, as most papers on the subject are research papers. Seems like an excellent topic to teach distributed programming.

dchest 10y ago
No, serverless database is not a recent buzz word, but a term frequently used to describe DB that doesn't need a separate server running to which clients connect: compare MySQL, PostgreSQL against BDB, LMDB, SQLite.
- evanweaver 10y ago
  In my communities we called the library-style dbs "embedded". I've seen serverless used in this way but it didn't seem common.
  - dchest 10y ago
    Not every serverless database is embedded, but most of them - those that are also called "database library" are. Some examples of DBs that are both embedded and call themselves serverless: - SQLite: https://sqlite.org/serverless.html https://sqlite.org/serverless.html - UnQlite: https://www.unqlite.org/features.html#serverless https://www.unqlite.org/features.html#serverless Serverless is used to highlight this specific property of them. The OP's database is NOT embedded, but it is serverless.
- camus2 10y ago
  "serverless" means so many things it really means nothing, that's like "cloud computing" and that's the definition of a buzzword. Sqlite is an embedded database and has nothing to do with your favorite buzzword.
  - dchest 10y ago
    Richard Hipp called SQLite "serverless" long before you started trying to be cool by hating buzzwords https://sqlite.org/serverless.html https://sqlite.org/serverless.html
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by camus2 10y ago

dchest 10y ago

No, serverless database is not a recent buzz word, but a term frequently used to describe DB that doesn't need a separate server running to which clients connect: compare MySQL, PostgreSQL against BDB, LMDB, SQLite.

evanweaver 10y ago
In my communities we called the library-style dbs "embedded". I've seen serverless used in this way but it didn't seem common.
- dchest 10y ago
  Not every serverless database is embedded, but most of them - those that are also called "database library" are. Some examples of DBs that are both embedded and call themselves serverless: - SQLite: https://sqlite.org/serverless.html https://sqlite.org/serverless.html - UnQlite: https://www.unqlite.org/features.html#serverless https://www.unqlite.org/features.html#serverless Serverless is used to highlight this specific property of them. The OP's database is NOT embedded, but it is serverless.
camus2 10y ago
"serverless" means so many things it really means nothing, that's like "cloud computing" and that's the definition of a buzzword. Sqlite is an embedded database and has nothing to do with your favorite buzzword.
- dchest 10y ago
  Richard Hipp called SQLite "serverless" long before you started trying to be cool by hating buzzwords https://sqlite.org/serverless.html https://sqlite.org/serverless.html

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