mvsqlite
Data
distributed sql database
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
6 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Idea: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea and congrats on the project
From 2 comments
FDB is a nice piece of technology if you know how to go around its constraints. Congrats on the project.
mping on HNGood work! I don't understand the innards of this at all, but I love the design. Iirc when I first read through the book designing data centric applications, the author talked…
Multicomp on HN
Would like to see it become a product
From 1 comment
So the idea is that a small business could start on SQLite, and then switch over to this when it's time to scale, without re-writing it in the Postgres dialect? Regardless, it's…
LAC-Tech on HN
Objections
Cross-database transactions limited by SQLite attach limits and WAL guarantees
From 1 comment
This really, IMHO (as someone implements things on top of SQLite too https://dflat.io) pushes SQLite too far as the implementation of cross-db transactions have some big issues:…
liuliu on HN
Journal mode and single-writer concerns about crash safety
From 1 comment
I am a bit out of depth here for obvious reasons (I work above SQLite, not under SQLite). But from my understanding, `journal_mode=memory` simply means it is in rollback mode,…
liuliu on HN
Requests
Jepsen testing
From 1 comment
Any chance this could get Jepsen tested? I’d donate to make that happen.
gigatexal on HN
Support for osquery and other SQLite extensions
From 1 comment
(I'm on the osquery steering committee) In theory osquery is "just" virtual tables, but in practice there's quite a bit more that would probably make attaching it to mvsqlite. If…
zwass on HN
Questions
Whether SQLite extensions like FTS5 work on it
From 1 comment
I love the idea of distributed SQLite but I’m having a hard time understanding which parts of FoundationDB and which parts of SQLite are available in this implementation. I’m…
faizshah on HN
Whether it can be used serverless embedded without a FoundationDB cluster
From 1 comment
I love the idea of distributed SQLite but I’m having a hard time understanding which parts of FoundationDB and which parts of SQLite are available in this implementation. I’m…
faizshah on HN
How it compares to rqlite or dqlite
From 1 comment
Does this work similar to rqlite or dqlite from a usage standpoint, or does it solve a different use case?
reichardt on HN
Alternatives named
Comdb2
From 1 comment
Comdb2: distributed sqlite: http://comdb2.org/
fnord123 on HN
Bedrock by Expensify
From 1 comment
Haven't you heard of bedrock by expensify?
Something1234 on HN
rqlite and dqlite
From 1 comment
Does this work similar to rqlite or dqlite from a usage standpoint, or does it solve a different use case?
reichardt on HN