FerretDB
Data
database protocol compatibility layer
SHOW HN2023
147points
68comments
#424of 3,109 in 2023
Top 14%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea to bring sharding-like scaling via Postgres
From 1 comment
If this implemented sharding it'd be killer. I recognize that'd be a huge amount of work, but that would be amazing! I may do that someday. You could just use one PG instance as…
winrid on HN
SQLite backend is a great addition
From 1 comment
Great addition of SQLite backend. I would however love prebuilt binaries for Mac, that way I can test it with Marmot (https://github.com/maxpert/marmot sorry for shameless plug).…
maxpert on HN
Objections
Written in Go rather than C is a concern for some
From 1 comment
Man this is exactly what I need at a high level but not writing this in C is a complete show-stopper. All that Docker effluvium adds insult to injury. Sad!
jhatemyjob on HN
Requests
Prebuilt binaries for Mac
From 1 comment
Great addition of SQLite backend. I would however love prebuilt binaries for Mac, that way I can test it with Marmot (https://github.com/maxpert/marmot sorry for shameless plug).…
maxpert on HN
Sharding support
From 1 comment
If this implemented sharding it'd be killer. I recognize that'd be a huge amount of work, but that would be amazing! I may do that someday. You could just use one PG instance as…
winrid on HN
Benchmarks against MongoDB
From 1 comment
It would be interesting to see some benchmarks, especially comparing the same queries between Mongo and Ferret. Also, while the readme does say it's meant to be a drop in…
magic_hamster on HN
Questions
Is the native document schema documented for SQL querying?
From 1 comment
Is there any documentation on the native schema used to store the documents. Is it sane enough that you could manually roll your own JSON1 queries in SQL to facilitate more…
Mertax on HN
Alternatives named
MongoDB
From 1 comment
"However, as time passed, MongoDB abandoned its open-source roots; changing the license to SSPL - making it unusable for many open source and early-stage commercial projects."…
Thaxll on HN
CouchDB
From 1 comment
Honest question: why doesn't Couchdb receive any love on HN? It's such a perfect tool for my side projects and most projects that will never reach Twitter scale
yawnxyz on HN
MySQL Document Store
From 1 comment
Great project! I find it intriguing to note a comparable approach by MySQL, where it functions as a NoSQL database, specifically a document database, owing to its adoption of a…
adobrawy on HN