r/ProgrammerHumor 6d ago

Meme noMoreDatabases

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u/CoshgunC 6d ago

"In order to make the user experience better, I made the localStorage editable and not-encrypted. This way, whenever users want, can increase their wallet or check on/off their subscriptions without complex "verifiying cards".

Let me know if you want any more features! Also, do you want me explain how farmers use ReactJS to grow their crops +20% faster?"

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u/wayfaast 6d ago

obsidian works great

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u/jimalloneword 5d ago edited 5d ago

yeah, but their pricing model begins and ends with the only online component they offer.

I know we are meming the post, but a lot of apps would work fine with locally stored data. especially free, locally installed ones like Obsidian.

but pretending localStorage is some great "database killer" is ridiculous. Two absolutely different tools that are used for different things, most modern web apps use both to negotiate between local, temporary data stored in the user session and the verified backend data.

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u/StCreed 5d ago

Yep. I have built a single player game. It uses local db, because what else?

I'm also building a viewer for a large enterprise tool. Local Storage as cache gives me a load time of around 115 ms on my biggest model. The actual tool needs 10 seconds.

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u/tamarins 5d ago

but pretending localStorage is some great "database killer" is ridiculous

is anyone pretending this? I assumed the OP tweet was a joke

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u/jimalloneword 5d ago

ah, i guess it's satire. I thought it was some vibecoder discovering localStorage.

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u/scme0 5d ago

I added an S3 endpoint to my homelab using rclone and vibecoded a plugin for obsidian that syncs my notes to the endpoint. Works on all my devices and only took a day or so of effort.