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A comment on Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub Pages. Parent comment

Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by nelsontky on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:07PM (#25114090)
Well I would believe that even a `json` file or any other form of storage written to disk is considered a database, But your suggestion definitely brings it further away from an actual database!
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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by tutfbhuf on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:10PM (#25114139)
Well, if by your definition a flat .txt file is considered to be a database then yes.
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