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While I agree with the general awesomeness of sqlite, I worry about the blanket statement that you've claimed. If you read the documentation 'Purpose' [1], it
by ORioN63 7y ago
While I agree with the general awesomeness of sqlite, I worry about the blanket statement that you've claimed.
If you read the documentation 'Purpose' [1], it says, the issues with databases, like SQLite:
- The stored data is not directly human readable.
- The stored data is definitely not directly writable by humans.
- They are program dependent.
- They are not easily managed by version control systems.
I just want to say that I also love sqlite, but I cannot avoid worrying that when the asteroid strikes and the ocean men invade, I will not be able to program a sqlite driver on a homemade 8 bit computer.
[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/manual/Purpose.html#Purpose https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/manual/Purpose.html#Pu...
- jsilence 7y agoSure, text files are awesome, I get it and generally I agree. But sqlite is in every nook and cranny of our computer and mobile systems, it is in Android, it is in the browsers. I find it hard to imagine a postapocalyptic world where one would be able to read a file somehow, yet not be able to get access to some sqlite processing software. I like the rectools for educational purposes, but beyond this for any however small purpose project I'd rather switch to sqlite pretty soon.