alt Hacker NewsIs it time to kill the database and replace it with a LLM optimized compiled version that simply implements the required API directly in (Rust) code, without any dynamic overhead? It probably will still be based of off a base design or a base file format.
Ultimately this system will encompass the whole OS, of course, but the DB might be the best place to start.
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Instead of a database, the LLM will expose an api endpoint and build a database on demand?
That's interesting. Maybe to decrease latency the LLM could "cache" it's build of it's database and reuse in between instances. It could host this artifact on a "hub" of git trees and then any new use cases that come up, can be added to this git tree. Then it can possibly be reused in different use cases.
Is it time to get rid of hammers and replace them with swiss army knives?
SQLite already exists and some people use it
I have seen this happening already at two different companies. And I'm also doing it as well. Particularly for search indexes where there's no risk of data loss.
Unless you're tigerbeetle and want to handroll every single thing you do lol
You mean get rid of Postgres and build bespoke database-esque systems for every use case?
If so, then no. It is not time for that.