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!