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Re:Ask HN: How would you design an alternative Twitter by pclmulqdq on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @09:31AM (#33420938)
I've seen it with postgres-compatible DBs and Cassandra-compatible DBs. Lots of databases build their frontends this way so that people can switch from postgres/cassandra to their product when they need a bigger DB or better performance. I've never seen anyone swap any other kind of database.

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