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		orand on Jan 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

edgyquant on Jan 18, 2024 [–]

In practice a file system is not at all like a traditional database as it lacks querying of the data itself

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