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.
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.
This entry was published on April 27, 2006 at 11:35 am.
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