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Part 2 of an ongoing series about how

Part 2 of an ongoing series about how databases are used in Web 2.0 apps. Both Bloglines and Memeorandum don't bother with databases, opting for flat files instead.

Update: Here's how Flickr does it. See also normalization is for sissies.

By Jason Kottke    Apr 27, 2006 at 11:35 am    bloglines   databases   memeorandum   sql   Web 2.0

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