Comments on: The ultimate Weblogging system, outlined http://ocaoimh.ie/the-ultimate-weblogging-system-outlined/ Look what I found today! Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Donncha http://ocaoimh.ie/the-ultimate-weblogging-system-outlined/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Donncha Sat, 03 May 2003 09:45:43 +0000 //?p=#comment-58 Saying "it's practically impossible" in my post may have been a bit strong. It obviously is possible to use files instead of an RDBMS, as you show above.<br /> The Unix philosophy of "everything is a file" comes to mind as I write this, although I'm a bit hungover after a night out last night so I can't think of a decent connection, or expand on the idea!<br /> I guess it's what level of abstraction you're used to. I'm used to using SQL to interact with my data, but I still use files extensively to cache as much as I can. Database accesses are so very expensive when compared to the time required to serve a flat file. Saying “it’s practically impossible” in my post may have been a bit strong. It obviously is possible to use files instead of an RDBMS, as you show above.
The Unix philosophy of “everything is a file” comes to mind as I write this, although I’m a bit hungover after a night out last night so I can’t think of a decent connection, or expand on the idea!
I guess it’s what level of abstraction you’re used to. I’m used to using SQL to interact with my data, but I still use files extensively to cache as much as I can. Database accesses are so very expensive when compared to the time required to serve a flat file.

]]> By: Sam Ruby http://ocaoimh.ie/the-ultimate-weblogging-system-outlined/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Sam Ruby Sat, 03 May 2003 01:40:53 +0000 //?p=#comment-57 The 'database' for my weblog is a set of files in a directory. The format is the same as blosxom's: http://www.raelity.org/apps/blosxom/ The ‘database’ for my weblog is a set of files in a directory. The format is the same as blosxom’s:

http://www.raelity.org/apps/blosxom/

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