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by loewenskind 5810 days ago
>One of the things that pops out of having a SQLite as your configuration store is the ability to programmatically change your server's configs on the fly.

I hope this catches on more. The old Unix way of changing some text file (with its own unique grammar) and sending some signal to some process needs to go away.
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mhd 5810 days ago
If we would've reached that stage, I'd be happy enough. There's enough software out there that requires restarting the process and doesn't support the edit/HUP method.

And while I'd prefer something like Lua, tcl or lisp to SQL, at least it ain't XML.

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0bfusct3 5810 days ago
Configuration files need to be static key value or a relational algebra - you cannot have mutations and branches based on logic within a configuration or else you introduce issues you wouldn't want to even dream of.
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mhd 5809 days ago
So generating those values in a full-fledged programming language is that much better?
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