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		tclancy 46 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do you even need a database? Sure, but how many people using files as a data store even know to worry about atomicity?

sgarland 46 days ago [–]

They will learn eventually, and then they’ll get to write a blogpost describing something that any sysadmin or kernel dev could’ve told them. Win-win!

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