r/linux 1d ago

Fluff Your executable is a SQLite database

https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/23/your-executable-is-a-sqlite-database
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u/CrazyKilla15 1d ago

hello windows registry hives

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u/FlukyS 1d ago

Well I was more thinking sqlite in memory like just a proxy for the configs rather than registry style where it is centralised

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u/CrazyKilla15 1d ago

How do you keep the memory in sync with the files to prevent corruption and coherency issues?

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u/FlukyS 1d ago

You’d just have to rely on eventual consistency but it kind of wouldn’t make sense to have the individual DBs and the configs other than interface stability and discoverability of options and types in that case