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msiemens / tinydb

TinyDB is a lightweight document oriented database optimized for your happiness :)
https://tinydb.readthedocs.org
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What specific scenarios can this database be used in? #558

Open Alexhuihui opened 3 months ago

Alexhuihui commented 3 months ago

I took a look at the implementation, which uses full updates for writing and does not employ sequential file storage or ensure thread safety. It seems suitable only for educational purposes. I would like to know what production scenarios could utilize it.

kinuax commented 2 months ago

Scenarios without high performance and advanced features are feasible, as stated in the Why Not Use TinyDB? docs.

ktdreyer commented 1 month ago

My team and I needed a way to update a database in a Git repository and trigger actions based on the DB updates. TinyDB works for that. It it similar to SQLite, but the DB updates are nicely human-readable with git tooling. GitHub's web UI shows record additions, deletions, etc. My team needs transparency and approachability over raw performance at this stage of our application. We may outgrow TinyDB at some point, but we haven't hit that yet.