2019/Düsseldorf/storage

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Storage is Hard (and Backups too) was a session at IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf 2019.

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Notes archived from: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/storage


IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf 2019
Session: Storage is Hard (and Backups too)
When: 2019-05-11 15:00

Participants

Notes

  • we are arguing about text files vs databases.
  • text files more searchable, exportable. Databases can do more complex data manipulation.
  • why not databases / SQLite?
    • story of WebSQL deprecation
    • inspectability, scriptability of file system vs Sqlite file being versioned
  • hybrid approach
    • files as single source of truth
    • database generated for index, searchability, can be deleted, and rebuilt
  • evolution
    • people start as flat files for ease of backup, simplicity of maintenance, longevity
    • maybe they have a use-case for searching (e.g. how many times checked into Düsseldorf?) and write code
    • eventually maybe add a database for caching / performance
  • file structures
    • one per post (many people), variants: folder per post (sebsel, webstefrickel), file per post plus folder (aaronpk)
    • many posts per file - only Tantek Çelik is doing in Falcon - for performance reasons, minimize file I/O for home page viewing, and permalink viewing. future: XHR for offline caching of posts

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