h2 is a relational database written in Java that is open source: https://h2database.com. You can have a look at the sources. You will probably see that it would be a major effort and will take too lang till usable for your resume.
On Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 12:51:20 AM UTC+2 Jason E. Aten wrote: > Michael Stonebraker (won the Turing award in 2014) pointed out that > databases are like a Tardis. Well, > that's my analogy, not his. The point is: they are alot bigger on the > inside. There's a ton of stuff to tackle, > and they hit every area of computer science, even though they seem kind of > simple from the outside. > > For personal projects, it pays better to be a little selfish write > something you yourself want. > > Since you are the user, you will give yourself much better feedback. If > you don't know the use case, > you can't be the user, and that's a sign that your project has little hope > of being useful. > This is the same advice that Paul Graham gives for problem selection; that > writers are given > when they hear, "write what you know". > > So ask yourself, "what software do I want?" > > On Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 7:33:43 AM UTC-3 Rishikesh Raj wrote: > >> "I want to build a low-level project for my resume. An LLM suggested >> creating a database engine in Go, but I’m unsure how to approach it. Should >> I pursue this project, or focus on something else? If I do build it, what >> would be the practical use case?" >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/6a682b8b-24db-4d0f-b82a-9c91df0159a3n%40googlegroups.com.
