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This is a really cool set of articles, and while it’s not going to replace sqlite it’s fantastic to see the pieces needed to do sql with SQLite’s file format
by bfrog 2y ago
This is a really cool set of articles, and while it’s not going to replace sqlite it’s fantastic to see the pieces needed to do sql with SQLite’s file format
- rockwotj 2y agoSQLites alternative in rust is a thing though https://github.com/tursodatabase/limbo https://github.com/tursodatabase/limbo
- MobiusHorizons 2y agoperhaps instead of `successor` you could say `rust fork` or `alternative`. Successor implies the original is dead or deprecated, or no longer going to be used, which is very far from the truth.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoCan't wait to get my Blazingly Fast™ Managed Cloud SQLite for only 0.0001$ per virtual compute second.
- pigbearpig 2y agoI think you’re looking for LiteFS https://fly.io/blog/introducing-litefs/ https://fly.io/blog/introducing-litefs/
- wongarsu 2y agoAlso Cloudflare D1, announced just a couple months earlier: https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-d1/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-d1/
- usrbinbash 2y ago"alternative" implies that this is either on a comparable level of battle-testedness and feature completeness as sqlite, or that it solves problems that sqlite has, or that is delivers substantiable, or at least noticeable advantages over sqlite. So, which of these points apply?
- sejje 2y agoI don't think it implies any of that. I think it means you might use it in similar situations. Like when you want an in-memory database.
- usrbinbash 2y agoNo I might not. In these similar situations, I will use sqlite, unless someone can point out one of the items listed above as a reason to use something else.
- NoahKAndrews 2y agoJust because you don't like it doesn't make it not an alternative. Even if it's objectively worse, it's still an alternative.
- usrbinbash 2y ago> Just because you don't like it Read my post again. Sympathy or lack thereof don't factor into this equation. This is about battle-testedness and features. I don't make technical decisions based on emotions.