NoDB: A Database Without Query Engine
NoDB is a database approach where plain data files serve as storage, bypassing query engine decisions. This allows devs to manipulate data directly & implement efficient file storage.
On the Lobsers feed there was an item about GoatDb. And it is a database in the NoDB group. It is the first time i read the term. Curious as I am I tried to find information about NoDB. I found a Python NoDB, a .NET NoDB, a github NoDB topic, a paper about queries on raw database files and an article about event sourcing. From that information I got a grasp on what NoDB means. Lets take a step back and look at what databases are. There are two big parts in a database; the query engine and the storage. The query engine decides how the information is stored. Most databases store data in a binary...