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Re:Launch HN: Athens Research (YC W21) – Open-Source Roam Re... by tincholio on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @03:59AM (#26326173)
You can have both, actually. Having a datalog engine allows things like this, which is pretty cool: https://www.loom.com/share/d007932e94db4b4981cca606bebdb54a
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Re:Launch HN: Athens Research (YC W21) – Open-Source Roam Re... by desmap on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @07:55AM (#26327695)
Thanks for the video. Still I am not sure why you need a graph database here, everything can be done with hyper-linked md-files, optionally enriched with metadata (front matter). I am aware that a graph database is more elegant but again, does it justify its costs?
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