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Re:Everything wrong with databases and why their complexity ... by adammarples on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @02:01PM (#38941875)
No, they store data in 'depots', which are append only logs, like kafka. There is no mutable state.
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Re:Everything wrong with databases and why their complexity ... by pdonis on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @02:48PM (#38942301)
> There is no mutable state.

Yes, there is. Appending a new log entry to the depot mutates the depot. It doesn't mutate earlier records in the depot, but the depot is the entire record set, not just individual records. The record set is different after the append than before it.

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