<!DOCTYPE html> <!-- ========================================== kroc camen of camen design ============================================= --> <title>quote · “Free / Opensource Web-Apps—How Can I Spell This Out to You?…”</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/design/design.css" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="/quote/rss" title="Just quote" /> <link rel="canonical" href="/quote/faildolphin" /> <!-- =================================================================================================================== --> <header> <h1><a href="/" rel="index"> Camen Design </a></h1> <nav><ul> <li><a href="/">all</a></li> <li><a href="/projects">projects</a></li> <li><a href="http://forum.camendesign.com">forum</a></li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="/quote/" rel="tag">quote</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/">blog</a></li> <li><a href="/photo/">photo</a></li> <li><a href="/writing/">writing</a></li> <li><a href="/code/">code</a></li> <li><a href="/art/">art</a></li> <li><a href="/link/">link</a></li> <li><a href="/poem/">poem</a></li> <li><a href="/audio/">audio</a></li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="/web-dev/">web-dev</a></li> <li><a href="/annoyances/">annoyances</a></li> <li><a href="/code-is-art/">code-is-art</a></li> <li><a href="/inspiration/">inspiration</a></li> <li><a href="/windows/">windows</a></li> <li><a href="/gaming/">gaming</a></li> <li><a href="/mac/">mac</a></li> <li><a href="/gift/">gift</a></li> <li><a href="/osnews/">osnews</a></li> <li><a href="/c64/">c64</a></li> <li><a href="/linux/">linux</a></li> </ul> <a rel="previous" href="/quote/upload-barrier"> older article → </a><a rel="next" href="/quote/say_no_to_file_extensions"> ← newer article </a></nav> </header> <!-- =================================================================================================================== --> <article><header> <!-- date published or updated --> <time pubdate datetime="2009-02-19T10:50:00+00:00"> <sup>10:50<abbr>am</abbr> • 2009</sup> <abbr title="February">Feb</abbr> 19 </time> <!-- categories --> <ul> <li><a href="/quote/faildolphin" rel="bookmark tag">quote</a></li> <li><a href="/web-dev/faildolphin">web-dev</a></li> <li><a href="/annoyances/faildolphin">annoyances</a></li> </ul> <!-- licence --> <small> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_GB">c</a> share + remix </small> </header> <!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --> <blockquote> <p> Free / opensource web-apps—How can I spell this out to you?<br /> If you only need to store some text and user login details, <em>don’t</em> use MySQL. <br /><br /> I find it ridiculous that anybody can call a <dfn title="content management system">CMS</dfn> “lite” when it’s got a freakin’ whale strapped to it’s back. <br /><br /> Simply put, unless you’re an SQL-guru, stick to SQLite.<br /> Setting up and maintaining MySQL is not “lite” in any sense of the word. </p> <cite>Kroc Camen</cite> </blockquote> <!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --> </article> <footer> <nav><a href="http://forum.camendesign.com">‹ Discuss this in the Forum ›</a></nav> <a href="mailto:kroc@camendesign.com">kroc@camendesign.com</a> <nav>view-source: <a href="/quote/faildolphin.rem">Rem</a> • <a href="/quote/faildolphin.html">HTML</a> • <a href="/design/">CSS</a> • <a href="/.system/">PHP</a> • <a href="/.htaccess">.htaccess</a> </nav> <form method="get" action="https://duckduckgo.com"> <input type="hidden" name="sites" value="camendesign.com" /> <input type="search" name="q" placeholder="search…" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> </form> </footer> <!-- =================================================================================================== code is art === -->