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An illustrative opportunity for Tinybase, an embedded time-series database
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Ask HN: What do you use for metrics on a single small server?

Prometheus feels like overkill for one box. SQLite plus cron?

Reply in this thread · drafted for Tinybase

SQLite plus cron gets surprisingly far; the pain starts with retention and downsampling. That's the gap I built Tinybase for (disclosure: it's mine), one file and built-in rollups.

An illustrative example: Tinybase is fictional.

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