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> > fopen(..., 'r') could, by default, operate on a COW snapshot of a file rather than on the raw file on the filesystems. No more having to worry about races with other processes.

> Another "performance goes to trash" option. Sure, now more palatable with NVMes getting everywhere, but still a massive footgun

Only because the filesystems aren't built that way. ZFS could handle this just fine.

The fact that adding SQLite into your application is often faster performance than doing raw disk accesses yourself says that our abstractions are wrong.



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