The hitchhiker's guide to client side persistent data storage

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Claims that localStorage is best for key/value needs and that IndexedDB promises true object storage; compares engines: sqlite reads fast but writes painfully slow (1 MB chunks can take seconds or half a minute on mobile), Chrome imposes a single-field limit and sqlite sometimes fails silently, Safari caps localStorage at 2 MB while spec recommends 5 MB and Firefox grants ~200 MB for offline apps; a tiny storage.js wrapper exists and client-side encryption proves too slow in practice.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:26Cookies
3. 3:57userData
4. 5:04globalStorage
5. 9:48localStorage
6. 16:24IndexedDB
7. 18:07File API
8. 19:15plugin based
9. 19:55multi-engine
10. 20:53standalone
11. 24:16Size Limits

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