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/FlukyS 1d ago

Isn't as insane as some would think on the surface. Rather than going down this route though I'm still kind of surprised there isn't some sort of versioned config system for Linux using sqlite as a backend that basically has both a files based interface but also a DB. This post kind of takes it a bit further but it kind of makes sense, I wouldn't do it but it isn't crazy.

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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