Show HN: JSONlite – A simple, serverless, zero-configuration JSON document store

Re:Show HN: JSONlite – A simple, serverless, zero-configurat... by sigmonsays on Sunday February 12, 2017 @09:13AM (#13628372)

This is 200 lines of bash using the file system as a database. The term document store implies a database which this is not. How is this different than just writing files to a directory?

What are the use cases of this project?

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Re:Show HN: JSONlite – A simple, serverless, zero-configurat... by pmelendez on Sunday February 12, 2017 @09:26AM (#13628430)

"A database is an organized collection of data". I think writing files in a directory with a convention falls in that category.

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database

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Re:Show HN: JSONlite – A simple, serverless, zero-configurat... by camus2 on Sunday February 12, 2017 @10:08AM (#13628631)

The point is the project seems a bit low-effort. The most complicated thing in that bash script is argument processing.

What is the added value of that project? does it come up with something new or interesting? a query language for data? an efficient data storage? no, it just store json files in directories. Sure the file system is already a database, but that project doesn't add anything to the file system.

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Re:Show HN: JSONlite – A simple, serverless, zero-configurat... by hashkb on Sunday February 12, 2017 @09:33AM (#13628472)

Missing the point on purpose?

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