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Re:Databases in 2025: A Year in Review by radarroark on Monday January 05, 2026 @08:38AM (#46498591)
People are slow to realize the benefit of immutable databases, but it is happening. It's not just auditability; immutable databases can also allow concurrent reads while writes are happening, fast cloning of data structures, and fast undo of transactions.

The ones you mentioned are large backend databases, but I'm working on an "immutable SQLite"...a single file immutable database that is embedded and works as a library: https://github.com/radarroark/xitdb-java

Re:Databases in 2025: A Year in Review by j16sdiz on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @09:54AM (#46513017)
Are there any new big research/development in immutable database?

I know they are great... but i don't see many news around them

Re:Databases in 2025: A Year in Review by SahAssar on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @06:33PM (#46520432)
How do you deal with deletion requirements in a immutable database? Like how do you delete personal data when requested?
Re:Databases in 2025: A Year in Review by mwarkentin on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @08:28PM (#46521360)
Crypto shredding?
Re:Databases in 2025: A Year in Review by radarroark on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @07:33AM (#46525683)
The fastest approach is to just zero out the data. Alternatively you can rebuild the entire database while preserving only the data accessible in the latest copy of the db (kinda similar to SQLite's VACUUM command).
Re:Databases in 2025: A Year in Review by malloryerik on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @06:26PM (#46534732)