# My other database is a compiler

DevFeed: [My other database is a compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-other-database-is-a-compiler-6008.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://turso.tech/blog/my-other-database-is-a-compiler-2743d924>)

Author: Glauber Costa

Published: 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Turso Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/turso-blog.md>)

Topics: [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [Turso](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/turso.md>), [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>)

Tags: [chiselstrike](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chiselstrike.md>), [compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compiler.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [sqlite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqlite.md>), [turso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/turso.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>)

## AI overview

The article asks whether innovation at the data layer should shift from creating new databases toward creating a new compiler. It also provides an update about Turso, describing it as a ground-up rewrite of SQLite with cloud querying, synchronization, offline support, and file-based databases.

## Source excerpt

Many years ago, innovation at the data layer meant creating a new database. Is it time for a new compiler instead?