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FAMF: Files As Metadata Format (prma.dev)
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YAML and TOML suck. Long live the FAMF!

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's a very interesting idea. I don't think I'll use it and I think the downsides outweigh the benefits but it is still an interesting idea.

In all of these cases, the answer is not TOML, YAML or JSON — or FAMF for what it’s worth. It is goddamn database.

I was about to boo and hiss, but if you mean something like sqlite as an application file format I'm more tempted to agree.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    Well, I mostly target the places where you don't programmatically generate millions of values. Configurations, entry metadata, etc. Indeed SQLite is much better for when you have a massive amount of data, and you need a better base that a file system. But when that is not the case, a file system is more advanced than whatever tooling are behind toml and yaml.

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