Discuss Scratch
- Discussion Forums
- » Advanced Topics
- » We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
- EDawg2011
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
It keeps breaking, and it impacts sites like postpercent and Ocular, so we need a replacement; can anyone help us code it?
I'm not a good ATer.
I'm not a good ATer.
- abcde26
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Coding it would take a long time. It's not a good solution.
- i_eat_coffee
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Yeah, I can make a replacement tomorrow
- EDawg2011
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Yeah, I can make a replacement tomorrowCool. Can you send me the GitHub once it's done?

bruh not old enough for github account
- abcde26
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Funny enough, I HAVE ONE.Yeah, I can make a replacement tomorrowCool. Can you send me the GitHub once it's done?
bruh not old enough for github account
- Redstone1080
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Funnily enough, @josueart and I were working on something similar for Snazzle.
shameless plug moment hehe
shameless plug moment hehe
Last edited by Redstone1080 (Feb. 10, 2024 11:13:15)
- ajskateboarder
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Coding it would take a long time. It's not a good solution.Even if someone had the time to build it, I'm guessing you'd need a lot of storage
- Pufferfish_Test
-
Scratcher
500+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
have fun finding >6TB (iirc) of storage.
- Redstone1080
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
have fun finding >6TB (iirc) of storage.I use a third of that for storing my games, and you can actually go on Amazon and get 8TB hard drives (dunno about SSDs)
- davidtheplatform
-
Scratcher
500+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
have fun finding >6TB (iirc) of storage.As of like 2021 scratchdb had 400gb of data
- TimMcCool
-
Scratcher
100+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Maybe @DatOneLefty could make the code open source so someone else can try to host it. If they are still actively developing it, they'll probably fix the problems soon tho.
Last edited by TimMcCool (Feb. 12, 2024 14:55:39)
- davidtheplatform
-
Scratcher
500+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
I'm sort of making a replacement* that works but it's very basic right now, if anyone wants me to host it I can
* really it's just a cache/proxy for scratchdb
* really it's just a cache/proxy for scratchdb
- i_eat_coffee
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
* really it's just a cache/proxy for scratchdbso, literally scratchdb but it's slower?
- davidtheplatform
-
Scratcher
500+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
If the thing you request isn't cached, yes. If it is then it'll be much faster, since scratchdb takes >10 seconds to do anything and the cache is basically instant.* really it's just a cache/proxy for scratchdbso, literally scratchdb but it's slower?
The other advantage is that it's more stable and is actively maintained.
- Steve0Greatness
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
If the thing you request isn't cached, yes. If it is then it'll be much faster, since scratchdb takes >10 seconds to do anything and the cache is basically instant.How long does the cache last? A week? A month? A year? What if ScratchDB goes down for an extended period? Isn't there a point where it gets so inaccurate, it's not worth it anymore?
The other advantage is that it's more stable and is actively maintained.
- medians
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Really? I thought 500GB was a lot for 1 hard drive (and a few gigabytes for one file too)have fun finding >6TB (iirc) of storage.I use a third of that for storing my games, and you can actually go on Amazon and get 8TB hard drives (dunno about SSDs)
Last edited by medians (Feb. 14, 2024 02:03:03)
- davidtheplatform
-
Scratcher
500+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
500gb is relatively small. You can buy a 24tb hard drive for $300Really? I thought 500GB was a lot for 1 hard drive (and a few gigabytes for one file too)have fun finding >6TB (iirc) of storage.I use a third of that for storing my games, and you can actually go on Amazon and get 8TB hard drives (dunno about SSDs)
The cache lasts forever (or until it gets overwritten by new data). You decide how old the data you get can be before it gets refreshed with an http header, or it defaults to something like 30 seconds (i haven't decided yet). If ScratchDB goes down you get the newest cached data. Old data is better than no data in most cases, and if you only want new data there will be an option to return an error instead of old data.If the thing you request isn't cached, yes. If it is then it'll be much faster, since scratchdb takes >10 seconds to do anything and the cache is basically instant.How long does the cache last? A week? A month? A year? What if ScratchDB goes down for an extended period? Isn't there a point where it gets so inaccurate, it's not worth it anymore?
The other advantage is that it's more stable and is actively maintained.
- medians
-
Scratcher
1000+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
Okay, I haven’t been paying attention in years and my old mac had 1TB, which I thought was a lot tool500gb is relatively small. You can buy a 24tb hard drive for $300Really? I thought 500GB was a lot for 1 hard drive (and a few gigabytes for one file too)have fun finding >6TB (iirc) of storage.I use a third of that for storing my games, and you can actually go on Amazon and get 8TB hard drives (dunno about SSDs)
- davidtheplatform
-
Scratcher
500+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
It is for a laptop, the 24tb ones are mostly for serversOkay, I haven’t been paying attention in years and my old mac had 1TB, which I thought was a lot tool500gb is relatively small. You can buy a 24tb hard drive for $300Really? I thought 500GB was a lot for 1 hard drive (and a few gigabytes for one file too)have fun finding >6TB (iirc) of storage.I use a third of that for storing my games, and you can actually go on Amazon and get 8TB hard drives (dunno about SSDs)
- davidtheplatform
-
Scratcher
500+ posts
We need a replacement for ScratchDB.
I'm sort of making a replacement* that works but it's very basic right now, if anyone wants me to host it I canUpdate: it’s hosted at mercury.davidtheplatform.eu.org. Just replace scratchdb.lefty.one with that url and keep everything after the / the same
* really it's just a cache/proxy for scratchdb
- Discussion Forums
- » Advanced Topics
-
» We need a replacement for ScratchDB.









