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by robbrown451 2411 days ago
Probably has to do with their decision to name it after the cockroach. I mean, if they had called it MaggotDB or BotFlyDB or TapewormDB, people might find it unappealing.
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Those aren't nearly as resilient though. Now, if you made a version of sqlite that replicated itself inside your program then you could use botfly ...
The successor will have to be named TardigradeDB.
You can't even kill it with Boring Company's flamethrower! Tardigrades are virtually indestructible as going into space and coming back won't always kill them.