BuffDB is a Rust library to simplify multi-plexing on edge devices (opens in new tab)

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86 pointsopensourcemaxi1y ago31 comments

31 comments

What does "Simplify multiplexing on edge devices" even mean?

I think it's a proxy between your software and SQLite with a new database API. I guess "multiplexing" is a big word for saying you can someday swap SQLite for something else.

The CLI shows key-value store features.

I don't know if this software has real world savings in performance. I don't think I would ever use this software.

jakjak1231y ago

Like if you want your frontend to write to both Sqlite and RocksDB?

01HNNWZ0MV43FF1y ago

I guess they mean number of frontends times number of backends? https://github.com/buffdb/buffdb/issues/19

jakjak1231y ago

Is it a protobuf based database store, or is it a database that uses grpc as its connection communication? Could be a bit clearer from the frontpage

381y ago

> protobuf

such an awful format, I wish people would stop using it

jakjak1231y ago

I think it has many good parts. There are waaaaay worse formats I have worked with over the years. Like COM, java RMI, many variants of SOAP, handcrafted json in countless variants…

ithkuil1y ago

Why?

The format is not that bad.

The binding/libraries OTOH are often awful and they often require unnecessary full-message deserialization

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jamil71y ago

What's an alternative you would recommend?

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sgt1y ago

Another local first library. The movement is taking off.

ilayn1y ago

Yet another title to drive embedded device designers and control engineers up the wall.

Why don't you make up your own bullshit words instead of randomly picking stuff from other places? That's not even multiplexing.

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31 comments

jakjak1231y ago

What does "Simplify multiplexing on edge devices" even mean?

big_hacker1y ago

I think it's a proxy between your software and SQLite with a new database API. I guess "multiplexing" is a big word for saying you can someday swap SQLite for something else.

The CLI shows key-value store features.

I don't know if this software has real world savings in performance. I don't think I would ever use this software.

jakjak1231y ago

Like if you want your frontend to write to both Sqlite and RocksDB?

01HNNWZ0MV43FF1y ago

I guess they mean number of frontends times number of backends? https://github.com/buffdb/buffdb/issues/19

jakjak1231y ago

Is it a protobuf based database store, or is it a database that uses grpc as its connection communication? Could be a bit clearer from the frontpage

381y ago

> protobuf

such an awful format, I wish people would stop using it

jakjak1231y ago

I think it has many good parts. There are waaaaay worse formats I have worked with over the years. Like COM, java RMI, many variants of SOAP, handcrafted json in countless variants…

ithkuil1y ago

Why?

The format is not that bad.

The binding/libraries OTOH are often awful and they often require unnecessary full-message deserialization

2 more replies

jamil71y ago

What's an alternative you would recommend?

1 more reply

sgt1y ago

Another local first library. The movement is taking off.

ilayn1y ago

Yet another title to drive embedded device designers and control engineers up the wall.

Why don't you make up your own bullshit words instead of randomly picking stuff from other places? That's not even multiplexing.

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