alt Hacker NewsPain in the ass was way too strong, I retract that. Mainly I meant relative. For example `nvim <filename>.json` and then /search for what I want, versus tracking down the sqlite file, opening, examining the schema, figuring out where the most likely place is that I care about, writing a SQL statement to query, etc.
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the_pwner224 • yesterday at 4:30 PM
SqliteBrowser will let you open up your tables in an Excel-type view. You can also edit directly from the GUI. Still not as frictionless as a plain text file, and I'm not sure how good the search functionality is, but it lets you skip having to write any SQL.
Well, you still need to track down the <filename> part and knowing what you want to search, so you need to examine the schema anyway.
However, if your all application state can be represented in a single json file of less than a dozen MB, yes, a database can be overkill.