GBCache [WIP]

Giga-Byte Cache.

Basic Idea

In-memory key-value pair LRU cache on top of structured data stored on local disk.

A giant fucking complicated hashmap

progress:

• lru, in-memory read/writes
• sync to disk
• get, set, delete commands
• increment command
• server: make the damn thing
• server: opt-in end-end AES256 encryption
• TTL (more general, scheduled command runs, doesn't necessarily have to be a delete)
• rewrite it in Rust (ah shit, here we go again...)
• multi-threading (god save me, except there is no god, it's all lost & hopeless)
• WAL file write & recovery for those of you with nastier kinks for your databases
• pub/sub notifications for requested changes
• backups, cuz yes.

Comments on Zig

• error handling, i think all the languages should adopt errors as values already
• explicitness, love it, no allocator? no heap!
• comptime, chef's kiss
• tests, it's actually convenient, just define a test block wherever you want!
• standard library, fucking A

I haven't found anything negative about Zig, yet.

"then why are you rewriting it in Rust?"

I currently am finding out what REAL benefits rust provides by using it in another project, if the benefits outweigh the cost of a rewrite and subsequent maintenance is easier in rust overall, then I'll go through with it.