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henning on March 11, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Taffy: A database in JavaScript

Hey there, guy. So you bought yourself a shiny new Core 2 Duo/Quad machine. Good, you're gonna need it, cause your web browser is about to get even slower thanks to Taffy!

juanpablo on March 11, 2008 | [–]

The intention isn't replace a server database but instead manage more efficiently the information you'll store in Javascript variables anyway.

Many Javascript-intense webapps could use it.

gregwebs on March 12, 2008 | [–]

Used correctly, this could speed up some web apps by helping them to avoid ajax calls back to the server.

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