qaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-21 month agoWhy shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /slemmy.worldimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhy shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /slemmy.worldqaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMaybe use a real database for that? I’m a fan of simple tools (e.g. plaintext) for simple usecases but please use appropriate tools.
minus-squarenous@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhat is wrong with a file for this? Sounds more like a local log or debug output that a single thread in a single process would be creating. A file is fine for high volume append only data like this. The only big issue is the format of that data. What benefit would a database bring here?
Maybe use a real database for that? I’m a fan of simple tools (e.g. plaintext) for simple usecases but please use appropriate tools.
What is wrong with a file for this? Sounds more like a local log or debug output that a single thread in a single process would be creating. A file is fine for high volume append only data like this. The only big issue is the format of that data.
What benefit would a database bring here?