Seems like deeply nested data causes a lot of grief. Key paths, copying… Does it make sense to use more&shallower data, linked by relations?
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Serious advantages there in replication too; cf all the nosql DBs these days
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is “there” the former or the latter? One concern w/shallow data and rels: hard to time travel in user space by copying data?
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Sorry: the latter. Definitely harder to time travel—that’s why the NoSQL DBs like it!
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Could time travel @ language/DB level (w/suitable frame of reference) a la McCarthy’s Elephant. Mutating rels is awkward tho