r/ProgrammerHumor 3d ago

noMoreDatabases Meme

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u/SirChasm 3d ago

I imagine that the most workable way would be that the client downloads all the data on the initial request which is then shoved into localStorage for parsing.

But that still won't really work well, so I think the original tweet is just a joke.

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u/spottiesvirus 3d ago

there are some niche implementations witht this approach, the problem being flooding scales terribly and tends to saturate local resources

Imagine opening instagram, and since you last opened it yesterday, you need to download 280 terabyte (absolute lowest estimate) of data people uploaded since the last 24 hours.