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Re:Do you even need a database? by locknitpicker on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:18PM (#47781267)
> You can avoid the overhead of working with the database.

What overhead?

SQLite is literally more performant than fread/fwrite.

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Re:Do you even need a database? by cleversomething on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:24PM (#47781358)
That's exactly what I was going to say. This seems more like a neat "look Ma, no database!" hobby project than an actual production recommendation.
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