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Why shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /s (lemmy.world)
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[–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

It's used to export tracking data to analyze later on. Something like SQLite seems like a much better choice to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If it's an export that will be consumed by a separate, unrelated program later, I think a CSV is most appropriate. Databases are persistence tools, not transport.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's only intended to be used by the program itself. It's purely storage.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Ah so it's not really an export, it's just the backing store used by some other (locally-running) program that you're trying to reverse engineer?

    In that case yeah an sqlite database is probably most appropriate, though I can see a CSV still being desirable to remove a potential sqlite dependency.

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