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Ask HN: Concerns about Realm DB

1 points by FlyingSnake ↗ HN
I've been evaluating RealmDB for an iOS app and found that they use a proprietary DB Engine.

Is this a red flag? In other words, what prevents them from going FoundationDB way?

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timanglade
Hi, Tim from Realm here. We’ve spoken about the topic in previous HN threads and have an official statement in our FAQ [1]. If you need more info or have more questions, we do our best to watch HN & Twitter, but the best way might be to email us. I’m VP Product at Realm and always happy to chat: tim@realm.io

[1]: https://realm.io/docs/objc/latest/#faq — applicable to Android as well: https://realm.io/docs/java/latest/#faq