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Joedb, the Journal-Only Embedded Database

by mci on 1/30/2026, 4:34:05 PM

https://www.joedb.org/index.html

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by: drbig

An approach very close to one I&#x27;ve been thinking about lately.<p>My three cents: compact the journal when its size exceeds the actual data size. With thresholds or other knobs; with the point being the initial load time should be directly proportional to the amount of actual data. Everything else&#x2F;older is a backup.

2/2/2026, 11:41:32 PM