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Re:Smaller is better – The rise, fall, and rise of flat file... by ilaksh on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:09PM (#31472237)
Why do I need a special API to store my data on the file system? Doesn't the file system have an API? And then my interface to that would be a lightweight layer specific to my application.
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Re:Smaller is better – The rise, fall, and rise of flat file... by hemmert on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:44PM (#31472565)
Yes, exactly! Copying, renaming, backups, hierarchy - it‘s all there already!
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