In this article I share the results of a lab test in which I tested writing data to the filesystem directly with PHP fopen versus storing data in SQLite, PostgreSQL and MariaDB on different filesystems, mainly FFS2 on OpenBSD, UFS on FreeBSD, ext4…

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Articles (occasional rants) and tutorials about open source, BSD and GNU/Linux system administration, and programming - the pragmatic way.
In this article I share the results of a lab test in which I tested writing data to the filesystem directly with PHP fopen versus storing data in SQLite, PostgreSQL and MariaDB on different filesystems, mainly FFS2 on OpenBSD, UFS on FreeBSD, ext4…

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nikitonsky: The lengths YouTube will go to convince its users it serves them the highest possible resolution when in fact it’s 360p at best. It straight up lies, twice on this picture

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Eurasian red squirrel, Netherlands (© Ernst Dirksen/Minden Pictures)

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Macaroni penguins, Drake Passage, Chile (© Paul Souders/Getty Images)

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nikitonsky: Share menu on macOS is the stupidest thing ever. The amount of unnecessary mouse travel is crazy. I call it “there and back again”

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Frozen waterfalls in Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia (© Massimo_S8/Getty Images)

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Pont Alexandre III at twilight, Paris, France (© Sizun Eye/Getty Images)

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