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I don't know if I should consider this "the easiest database ever" or "gun is not a database" (from the FAQ). Github says "a distributed, embedded, graph databa

by SlyShy 12y ago

I don't know if I should consider this "the easiest database ever" or "gun is not a database" (from the FAQ). Github says "a distributed, embedded, graph database engine". I think some clarification around the marketing could do a world of good.

marknadal 12y ago
Good point, oh boy - caught me red handed. shameshame. What I'm trying to get across is that it is the easiest database because it is not your traditional master-slave database, and it doesn't require maintaining any database process. It is indeed just a cache, but it has all the benefits of a database.
- lberger 12y ago
  I'm lost. How does it have all the benefits of a database, without any persistence? That doesn't sound like a database at all.
  - marknadal 12y ago
    Persistence is just a plugin/module/hook. Currently it plugs into a very never-should-ever-be-deployed file on disk (for easy local testing only) and S3. We're going to be adding more storage engines though! Hopefully building an open source S3 that uses fancy algorithms to store on disk and on peers. However I don't know that stuff, somebody else is doing it (or I'm hiring - we're funded!).
mdcox 12y ago
Agreed. I read through the whole site and never saw the word "graph" until I came back and read this comment which puts me a bit on edge. Seems like a good idea, but when the marketing seems to imply a purpose defined via shotgun approach, I start to get wary of a possible hype machine.
- marknadal 12y ago
  Other than a few contributors, it is basically just me. But I'm hiring! (We're funded). So TBH, I kinda have to try doing the hypemachine thing to get the word out. :( Does that make me evil?
  - mdcox 12y ago
    Hype and marketing can be great! It's empty hype with nothing to back it up that worries me. I don't think that's Gun, but the "throw buzz word" style marketing (especially if there are contradictions) instantly puts me on guard. If Gun solves a problem, then by all means get the word out about it any way you can!

by SlyShy 12y ago

marknadal 12y ago

Good point, oh boy - caught me red handed. shameshame. What I'm trying to get across is that it is the easiest database because it is not your traditional master-slave database, and it doesn't require maintaining any database process. It is indeed just a cache, but it has all the benefits of a database.

lberger 12y ago
I'm lost. How does it have all the benefits of a database, without any persistence? That doesn't sound like a database at all.
- marknadal 12y ago
  Persistence is just a plugin/module/hook. Currently it plugs into a very never-should-ever-be-deployed file on disk (for easy local testing only) and S3. We're going to be adding more storage engines though! Hopefully building an open source S3 that uses fancy algorithms to store on disk and on peers. However I don't know that stuff, somebody else is doing it (or I'm hiring - we're funded!).

mdcox 12y ago

Agreed. I read through the whole site and never saw the word "graph" until I came back and read this comment which puts me a bit on edge. Seems like a good idea, but when the marketing seems to imply a purpose defined via shotgun approach, I start to get wary of a possible hype machine.

marknadal 12y ago
Other than a few contributors, it is basically just me. But I'm hiring! (We're funded). So TBH, I kinda have to try doing the hypemachine thing to get the word out. :( Does that make me evil?
- mdcox 12y ago
  Hype and marketing can be great! It's empty hype with nothing to back it up that worries me. I don't think that's Gun, but the "throw buzz word" style marketing (especially if there are contradictions) instantly puts me on guard. If Gun solves a problem, then by all means get the word out about it any way you can!