The Magic of Small Databases

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The Magic of Small Databases TOM CRITCHLOW TOM CRITCHLOW Home About me Writing Library Newsletter Search Projects My Book AI Search Leaders Elsewhere Twitter LinkedIn Are.na January 27, 2023 The Magic of Small Databases Notes on personal libraries, collections and small indexes on the web summary Publishing documents to the web is a well-served use case but publishing small indexes, databases and collections to the web is still an incredibly frustrating and under-served use case. Here I outline why I think it matters and a variety of approaches to solving it. Introduction Imagine you care very

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