If the author doesn’t provide any explanation of why this exists or what motivated them to create it, what am I supposed to assume?
They’ve called it a database. They have said explicitly “ You can use this as a backend for your ReST APIs.” But it doesn’t meet the table stakes for a database and encouraging folks to use it in a production environment is actively harmful.
I wish more folks were up front with the trade offs they make. I respect an OSS author a lot more when they are honest and upfront with what a thing is good at and where trade offs have been made.
When I don’t see that, I assume that either the author doesn’t know/care (red flag) or they can’t be bothered (annoying).
They’ve called it a database. They have said explicitly “ You can use this as a backend for your ReST APIs.” But it doesn’t meet the table stakes for a database and encouraging folks to use it in a production environment is actively harmful.
I wish more folks were up front with the trade offs they make. I respect an OSS author a lot more when they are honest and upfront with what a thing is good at and where trade offs have been made.
When I don’t see that, I assume that either the author doesn’t know/care (red flag) or they can’t be bothered (annoying).