sometimes XML is great. Sometimes, it’s not. If GnuCash used a database (e.g. embedded mysql) – we’d be in great shape. I could easily extract stuff out of it into my own reports and stuff and it’d rock. Instead, I can’t and have to learn some other way. annoying. Accounts.gnucash is now about 700kb. That’s less than a year. Going to be lots<\/b> of fun in a few years… hrrmm.<\/p>\n
All this finance data is in tables. You know what that means? A relational database is ideal<\/b>.<\/p>\n
same with Gnome Time Tracker. cool app. Won’t scale at some point no doubt. Currently, i have a greater than 300kb gnotime-data.xml file. why?<\/strong> I ask. Surely there is a better way. How is it going to run when i’ve been using it every day for year?<\/p>\n On the other hand – using XML for documents in OOo and stuff is like the best<\/b> thing ever (it makes sense<\/b>). For RPC it still seems like a huge amount of overkill.<\/p>\n it’s another rant on ‘the right tools for the right job’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" sometimes XML is great. Sometimes, it’s not. If GnuCash used a database (e.g. embedded mysql) – we’d be in great shape. I could easily extract stuff out of it into my own reports and stuff and it’d rock. Instead, I … Continue reading