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S3SQLite

A Server-Less Relational DB Engine for Django

blog.zappa.io

#django#sqlite#s3#serverless database

10points
3comments
#1,821of 2,242 in 2017
Top 82%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Idea is liked and seen as interesting

    From 3 comments
    • I love this idea. Looking at the code it looks like the db is downloaded from s3 when a connection is opened (although I'm not entirely sure if there is some caching in here) and…
      samwillis on HN
    • This is very interesting actually. Some questions: -In settings.py you only add <your-db-bucket>; obviously you also need AWS keys for this stored somewhere? -Can you control the…
      _ao789 on HN
    • Cool! I think I'll give this one a shot :)
      yujinyuz on HN

Objections

  • Each Lambda function must download the entire database, so it fits only small databases

    From 1 comment
    • I love this idea. Looking at the code it looks like the db is downloaded from s3 when a connection is opened (although I'm not entirely sure if there is some caching in here) and…
      samwillis on HN
  • Whole database is overwritten on close, so concurrent writes can clobber each other

    From 1 comment
    • I love this idea. Looking at the code it looks like the db is downloaded from s3 when a connection is opened (although I'm not entirely sure if there is some caching in here) and…
      samwillis on HN

Requests

  • Control over how often writes sync back to the bucket

    From 1 comment
    • This is very interesting actually. Some questions: -In settings.py you only add <your-db-bucket>; obviously you also need AWS keys for this stored somewhere? -Can you control the…
      _ao789 on HN
  • Merge support instead of overwrite

    From 1 comment
    • I love this idea. Looking at the code it looks like the db is downloaded from s3 when a connection is opened (although I'm not entirely sure if there is some caching in here) and…
      samwillis on HN

Questions

  • Where AWS keys are stored, since settings only lists the bucket

    From 1 comment
    • This is very interesting actually. Some questions: -In settings.py you only add <your-db-bucket>; obviously you also need AWS keys for this stored somewhere? -Can you control the…
      _ao789 on HN

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