Choosing a Database: Should we host our database on the edge?

[yamcodes]

Read about Edge Computing by Turso creator: https://blog.turso.tech/what-the-heck-is-the-edge-anyway-a159a12f2412

Turso is the T in BETH stack and one of the prominent figures in handling data in the online edge.

This might be really cool to try -- serving our application globally with low response time sounds dope.

Also, they have a generous free plan and great DX through a really nice CLI.

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Note: if we are not planning on deploying this, the discussion is moot. We can simply use Bun's SQLite-based database, and avoid the overhead altogether. Interestingly, this will push the Database over the edge, directly to the consumer. But of course it does not guarantee persistence or connectivity through multiple clients.

Up next: Choosing an ORM

[Hajbo]

I'm not sure if we want to host it, but I'd go with a local database for development.
We can just create a dockerfile for a postgres/mysql database, and if anyone wants to host it they can replace the connection details.

[yamcodes]

We're not focusing on hosting for the time being, so for now we'll focus on Bun's SQLite-based database