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Re:WatermelonDB, a database for React and React Native apps by pknopf on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:17AM (#17958659)
I'm not buying the "too cumbersome to use SQLite" argument.

This still seems like a large unnecessary abtraction.

Re:WatermelonDB, a database for React and React Native apps by tomhoward on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:18AM (#17958998)
Sincere question: do you much work in React/React Native with large SQLite databases or other large data stores?

As the sibling (and better) comment[1] to my original comment points out, this library makes the data automatically observable throughout the React app, making it much simpler to update views in response to database changes.

I can understand you might not understand the value of this if you hadn't done a lot of work with React apps that have large data sets and where data changes need to be reflected in multiple different views.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17958822

Re:WatermelonDB, a database for React and React Native apps by anaganisk on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:16AM (#17960486)
Why don't you try linking react with a large Sqlite, and later build a wrapper of your own, and then release it in HN next year as, pinappleDB?