I wanted to build a database tool that solves some current database limitations:

+ Cost: how traditional server-based databases can become costly to run and operate

+ Development speed: traditional databases can take time to set up (i.e. defining the schema)

+ Duplicate items: duplicate items or profiles can appear between databases (i.e. a bio description that has to be inputted separately on different websites or platforms).

Lightbase aims to solve these issues by being:

+ Affordable: low-cost by leveraging P2P file sharing (currently on IPFS)

+ Frictionless: minimal commands (via an abstraction layer) that are inspired by HTTP-commands

+ Unique (future feature): allow a single row (or item) to be accessible by different applications with respect to relevant permissions/visibility settings

I developed the current codebase on GitHub in one afternoon, which is capable of read/write operations on IPFS.

I would love to hear everyone's recommendations on what could be improved, and future features of interest.

Thanks in advance!