Dear Lemmings/Lemmites/Lemmitors and CCP Bots, what Database do you recommend? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by FiniteBanjo to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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EDIT: You don't have to answer for my specific purposes, if you use a database for any purpose yourself then please share and tell what and why.

I'm not planning to host any fediverse or mastodon instances just yet, but maybe a private email server and porting a discord channel to matrix might be in my future.

What do you use and why? Is it limited to a specific OS, and if you were on a different OS then what would you be using instead? Do you think server hardware is required for most operability or can a good desktop computer and internet speed suffice as long as downtime isn't a problem?

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[-] FiniteBanjo -4 points 2 months ago

I think the lack of contextual information in the question itself is evidence of beginner and hobbyist categorization, though? After all, it would be silly to ask things we already know about. I tried searching for database recommended on all the instances and didn't see any other posts about it, but I value Lemmy user's opinion on this subject very highly.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 2 months ago

To make a bad car analogy, your question reads like this:

What steering wheel do you recommend?

I'm not planning to drive a Formula 1 car yet, but maybe a dirtbike and a superbike might be in my future.

What do you use and why? Is it limited to a specific fuel and if you were on a different fuel what would you be using instead? Do you think a truck motor is required or can a good engine and road suffice?

Please don't try to run a service that is accessible from the internet. It would probably be taken over by hackers very quickly and be used to distribute spam or worse.

[-] FiniteBanjo -2 points 2 months ago

Okay but TBF if a person were going to use some motorbikes and a Formula 1 car in the near future then they would certainly benefit from knowing the different fuel types as well as general maintenance/operation. Complexity of topic is no excuse to shun questioning.

[-] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

You may have missed the point of the example. It asks about steering wheels, and immediately transitions to vehicles that don't have steering wheels.

[-] FiniteBanjo 0 points 2 months ago

Are you implying that databases don't exist for private email and hosting a matrix channel? Because if so then you're just blatantly wrong.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 2 months ago

What do you even think a database is?

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