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1. childintime · 1790877857 · focus · HN ↗

   Is it time to kill the database and replace it with a LLM optimized compiled version that simply implements the required API directly in (Rust) code, without any dynamic overhead? It probably will still be based of off a base design or a base file format.

   Ultimately this system will encompass the whole OS, of course, but the DB might be the best place to start.

   1. dymk · 1790878948 · focus · HN ↗

      Is it time to get rid of hammers and replace them with swiss army knives?

      1. pessimizer · 1790884717 · focus · HN ↗

         We could build a new hammer for each nail!

         1. combobyte · 1790894912 · focus · HN ↗

            Why build one hammer and use it forever when you could pay $100 a month to build a new hammer every time you need to hit a nail?
      2. childintime · 1790944208 · focus · HN ↗

         for the database it is actually the opposite, as it is a swiss army knife.

         look at the sibling comment, people are already doing this. with time only more people will.

         an era is ending. there is a time and a season for everything.

         1. dymk · 1790961389 · focus · HN ↗

            Databases, like filesystems, are one of those pieces of infrastructure you do not want to build yourself unless you have a really good reason. They're complex, and you will not catch all the bugs yourself.

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