TinyDB; an actual useful app built on AppEngine
TinyDB is a new micro database app that allows you to easily get and set data to a URL and then access it again. It supports JSON and XML formats. I really like the concept a lot. The ability to throw up a simple datastruct or two in a very light way is definitely a good thing. The creators say it was because they wanted to attach data to tinyurls which makes a lot of sense to me.
While they point out that the TinyDB entries aren’t secure, I’m mostly curious to see if they plan to let people alter the data after it’s been posted or if it will remain locked in time forever. Whatever small concerns I have, it’s a great project. I also think it’s really cool that they’ve used AppEngine to create it with. I’ve been wondering how successful App Engine would be but with stuff like this coming out I’m looking forward to seeing the big internet providers compete to host the many apps of the future.
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May 14th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Tiny DB is quite interesting, although you are only saving a few bytes of data (converting a max of about 2k characters into under 10).
I’m not sure it this day and age this sort of saving of data would warrant, a) not owning your own data and b) the lack of security.
Still it’s cool to see things coming out of AppEngine that are unique