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Re:Peer-to-Peer Databases for the Decentralized Web by loxias on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @08:00AM (#26314831)
Amen to this! I too got really excited until I saw it was JavaScript. For me to use it I'd have to link against some sort of JavaScript interpreter (ew) and probably incur performance penalties shoveling the data too and fro.

Can't we just have nice, normal libraries like we used to? Tools that require me to install a huge new build system, package management (cough golang cough) just to run quickly lose their appeal.

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Re:Peer-to-Peer Databases for the Decentralized Web by MsMowz on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @09:25AM (#26315607)
The answer is the same as it always was: you'll have "normal" libraries when somebody writes them (it could even be you). Most new application development relies on web servers, where JavaScript is very relevant and normal.
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