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importantSYS.SOURCE: Farid Zakaria's Blog2026-08-26T00:20:49Z

Queryable Executables: SQLite as a Self-Contained Program Format

The article explores the concept of SELF, a format where executables are SQLite databases enabling transactional state management and self-contained program execution. It demonstrates a proof-of-concept webserver (self-httpd) that stores all application data, routes, and logs within the same SQLite file as the program itself.

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