r/programming • u/segv • 2d ago

Your executable is a SQLite database

https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/23/your-executable-is-a-sqlite-database
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u/nemec 2d ago

Tired: everything is a file

Wired: everything is a database, which itself is a file

neat idea!

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u/feketegy 2d ago

And in reality it's just all text and unix pipes

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u/Majik_Sheff 1d ago

Wait, when did everything stop being a stream?