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uptime
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Ask HN: Have you used SQLite as a primary database?
When I maintained uptime.openacs.org (https://gitlab.com/siddfinch/uptime) and MyTurl (both running AOLserver) I wrote internal versions for a place I was working at.
I switched from Postgres to SQLite for a couple of versions, put mainly because Postgres wasn't "supported" I called SQLite an "internal database thing".
Worked flawlessly for about 7-8 years before both services were gobbled up into micro API services.
At the last count, we have about 14,000 services checked by uptime (about 1,000 every 5 minutes, 2,000 every 10 minutes, the rest every 15). Probably had about 60,000 tinyurls in MyTurl. We also ran the MyTurl urls through uptime every night to look for bad links. The system go hammered, often.
It took minor tweaking to get the the best performance out of the database and AOLserver has some nice caching features, which helped to take the load off the database a bit. But overall, it worked as well as the Postgres counterpart.
And now, I have to figure out why I never released the SQLite version of both.
SQLite
- Show HN: Roast my SQLite encryption at-rest
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A SQLite extension that brings column-oriented tables to SQLite
If you are into alternative storage engines for SQLite, there is also an LSM (Log-Structured Merge-tree) extension in the main repository that is not announced nor documented but seems to work. It’s based on the SQLite 4 project.
https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/tree/master/ext/lsm1
https://www.charlesleifer.com/blog/lsm-key-value-storage-in-...
- SQLite License
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Ask HN: Where do I find good code to read?
The sqlite code base is really well done. Lots of documentation.
https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite
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Show HN: I wrote a RDBMS (SQLite clone) from scratch in pure Python
Especially the VM part: https://github.com/spandanb/learndb-py/blob/master/learndb/v...
Compare it with this: https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/master/src/vdbe.c
That's said, I'm curious how complete this LearnDB is. SQLite is hard to read not only it's old but also it covers a lot of SQL and following SQL spec makes hings complicated. SQLite has great test suite so it's nice if you run the suit against this implementation.
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SQLite Begin Concurrent
Correct, see the github mirror[1]. I don't know how well supported that feature is compared to main branch. If it was completely stable, then it would have already landed in the main stable branch. Clarity about the roadmap of that branch would be nice.
1. https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/tree/begin-concurrent
- Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)
- SQLite builds for WASI since 3.41.0
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SQLite VS sqlite_blaster - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 17 Mar 2023
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Stop Saying “Technical Debt”
Including comprehensive comments, documentation and tests in a codebase takes time and effort.
Failing to do so creates code that is very difficult to maintain or for someone new to the codebase to understand.
However, time and effort may not be what the organization wants to pay for, and individuals may view their own incomprehensible code as something like job security, as they can't be replaced by someone else easily.
As an example of complicated code that's still well-documented, the open-source sqlite code is a good example, about 1/4 of the B-tree file is comments, every time a variable is defined there's a short note explaining what it's used for, every function has a comment header that's comprehensive, such that someone new to the codebase could construct a map of how it all works fairly quickly. It's a good model for how to avoid the problem:
https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/master/src/btree.c
What are some alternatives?
RocksDB - A library that provides an embeddable, persistent key-value store for fast storage.
sqlcipher - SQLCipher is a standalone fork of SQLite that adds 256 bit AES encryption of database files and other security features.
ep-engine - Eventually Persistent in-memory database.
LevelDB - LevelDB is a fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values.
ws4sqlite - Query sqlite via json+http
sqlite_orm - ❤️ SQLite ORM light header only library for modern C++
bolt
phpMyAdmin - A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB
Firebird - FB/Java plugin for Firebird
libmdbx - One of the fastest embeddable key-value ACID database without WAL. libmdbx surpasses the legendary LMDB in terms of reliability, features and performance.
stepmania - Advanced rhythm game for Windows, Linux and OS X. Designed for both home and arcade use.