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One thing that's always brought up in these discussions, because it's worth bringing up, is the file format of the macOS image editor Acorn: https://flyingmeat.

by jurip 1y ago

One thing that's always brought up in these discussions, because it's worth bringing up, is the file format of the macOS image editor Acorn: https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/docs/technotes/ACTN002.html https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/docs/technotes/ACTN002.html Personally I use it a bunch in mobile and desktop apps.

noduerme 1y ago
That's quite fun to know! Although, it's also funny that I downloaded the demo .acorn files on a Mac and the OS has no idea how to open them without searching the App Store. I feel like a JSON file would be more compact and easier to read, but wtf do I know. Harder to query, I guess?
- gbalduzzi 1y ago
  JSON is just terrible size-wise, it can't efficiently store binary data
criddell 1y ago
SQLite is bundled with Windows as well. > All supported versions of Windows support SQLite, so your app does not have to package SQLite libraries. Instead, your app can use the version of SQLite that comes installed with Windows. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/develop/data-access/sqlite-data-access https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/develop/data-...