GNU Recutils https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ is a good example of an actual database that uses plaintext files in

GNU Recutils https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ is a good example of an actual database that uses plaintext files in your filesystem. I can see the argument that doing this with JSON is better (or worse), but regardless, Recutils is an interesting idea that i wish more people knew about. I can imagine a lot of cool things emerging if people would iterate on the idea.