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Someone should fork it in Rust using Claude and rename it SQRite. Strict type all the things.
by echelon 3mo ago
Someone should fork it in Rust using Claude and rename it SQRite.
Strict type all the things.
- edoceo 3mo agoWhy not ~Zoidberg~ Zig?
- redman25 3mo agoA large portion of the tests are closed source unfortunately which would make it tough to create a port.
- echelon 3mo agoWhat the hell? This is the first I'm learning of this. Why did they do that? Is it owned by a private company?
- mjmas 3mo agohttps://www.hwaci.com/ https://www.hwaci.com/ See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23511151 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23511151
- inigyou 3mo agoThat's one way they make money. That's the reason sqlite exists.
- mburns 3mo agoIn a 2021 podcast interview[0], Dr. Hipp noted they've sold zero copies of the TH3 (extensive, proprietary) test suite in SQLite's history. By the time TH3 was added in 2008, SQLite had gained a fair bit of traction across multiple industries. Though I totally agree that the comprehensive coverage is a leading reason why they've been so stable over the last ~20 years. So indirectly, TH3 is why they (continue to) exist and (are able to) make money, but it isn't a direct line as one might assume. [0] https://corecursive.com/066-sqlite-with-richard-hipp/ https://corecursive.com/066-sqlite-with-richard-hipp/ [1] https://youtu.be/5zQdYx-fqJg?t=300 https://youtu.be/5zQdYx-fqJg?t=300
- inigyou 3mo agoThey sell several niche things, for hopefully hundreds of thousands of dollars, to just a few people each. TH3 is just one instance of the general pattern.
- estebank 3mo agohttps://github.com/tursodatabase/turso https://github.com/tursodatabase/turso