LlamaDB: A simple SQL database written in Rust

arthursilva · on April 18, 2015

HN author should probably have linked this blog post instead. https://nukep.github.io/progblog/2015/04/15/developing-llama... it's a good read.

alexnewman · on April 17, 2015

Seems like a cool toy. Rust is probably the right language to write a db

fasteo · on April 17, 2015

>>>> Do not use this for anything important, like... for anything.

"Llama" means flame in Spanish; a rather appropriate name. No pun intended.

enrmarc · on April 17, 2015

It also means "Lama", the animal.

giancarlostoro · on April 17, 2015

Doesn't it also mean "call" as well? So if this database ever became relevant it could be seen as "CallDB". I think "CallDB" is also an appropriate name for a database in a sense.

fasteo · on April 18, 2015

yes, "llama" is the present tense, 3rd person singular, as in "he calls" (el llama).

knucklesandwich · on April 18, 2015

Candor should always be encouraged in software (and particularly in databases). Free/open source software eventually works around a lack of candor, but the turnaround time is shortest from honest authors who explain the tradeoffs they intentionally make. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Also really excited about rust for these kinds of things, and about how the language is being developed in general.

cies · on April 17, 2015

I like these kind of announcements: dat open source bravery on a Gihub README.