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/dev/null is an ACID compliant database

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587 points swills | 1 comments | 23 Oct 25 21:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.261s | 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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1. crusty_jpeg ◴[24 Oct 25 15:35 UTC] No.45695700[source]▶
It's great. We saw a 2000% throughput increase on our business analytics platform when we switched to a /dev/null backend.