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Tell HN: The way I do simple data management for new prototypes
Hi folks! I have huge success on a prototype of this approach:
- Store all data as json
- App loads: load full json on a client
- Something changes by user - change json locally and every 10 seconds save whole json to backend as a single json file
- also every 10 seconds load the updated json from backend to client.
Yes, I know, parallel access problems, lack of schema, lack of db, using file to store. But how much it makes life easier and speed ups development at start! I am in this over 20 years, and I like dumb stupid solutions applied properly. Duct taping forever!
- awright96 9mo agoThat's certainly one of the development strategies of all time
- crabl 9mo agoyou can also chuck a json blob into LocalStorage
- AndreyK1984 9mo agoThank you, yes and indexed db too, as in other comment. I like to have exactly two API calls. -- load data (returns json) -- save data (sends json, returns 200 ok) That is all! Let frontend bind everything to that json and save it every 1-2 seconds in setInterval.
- tacostakohashi 9mo agoNice! Files are pretty handy. It's a bit surprising how many people seem to have forgotten they are a thing... but not that surprising, given how hard big tech have tried to uninvent them.
- AndreyK1984 9mo agoYep. If I have only one express js process - I can just save and load. if it is 1-5 users - lets story all in a single JSON (although sometimes I use excel for storage). People underestimate simplicity
- owebmaster 9mo agoUse indexeddb
- apothegm 9mo agoY tho?
- mikert89 9mo agohoneslty with ai, i bet this works really well and basically removes all backend complexity