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/dev/null is an ACID compliant database

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526 points swills | 1 comments | 23 Oct 25 21:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gchamonlive ◴[23 Oct 25 23:09 UTC] No.45688632[source]▶
Best stack cloud providers don't want you to know about, /dev/null for db and https://github.com/kelseyhightower/nocode for the backend.
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nomel ◴[24 Oct 25 00:03 UTC] No.45689108[source]▶
I've never had a single issue with any user after moving our databases to /dev/null.
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PlunderBunny ◴[24 Oct 25 01:36 UTC] No.45689758[source]▶
Did you route the support requests to /dev/null as well?
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1. lgas ◴[24 Oct 25 02:25 UTC] No.45690072[source]▶
This is how a lot of big tech companies scale support.