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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 23:16:10 +0100, D wrote:
>
>> Another "mini culture" I keep my eyes on is the sqlite community. In
>> many respects, anti-Linux, but they are producing powerful software!
>>
>> Are there other projects you think are of similar power, in terms of use
>> and quality, as sqlite? Maybe the curl community?
>
> I like SQLLite and have used it in several projects. It works just as well
> in C# .NET with
>
> using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
>
> as in C with
>
> #include "sqlite3.h"
>
> allowing both to use the same data.  I do like that it's public domain
> like most free software was before Stallman. otoh PostgresSQL is more
> powerful and has a permissive license.
>
> https://opensource.org/license/postgresql
>
> After all, the SQLite developers ask "What would Postgres do?"

Postgres is interesting. It's old, but doesn't get mentioned a lot these 
days. Would you say their engineering culture is something to study?

> There are a couple of other worthwhile projects like Python :)

I've heard that many people do not like the python 2 to 3 debacle, and 
that python is becoming worse from a governance perspective. I've heard 
the woke mind virus has settled deep within the python project.