r/programming • u/segv • 8d ago

Your executable is a SQLite database

https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/23/your-executable-is-a-sqlite-database
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u/Buttleston 8d ago

Very interesting read. From a practical perspective I don't think I have much personal use for the SELF format at the moment, but the tools you opened with that let you run queries on ELF binaries seem like they'd be pretty useful and I am going to see if I can try them out

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u/Bobbias 7d ago

Yeah, having a nice interface to read data out of ELF is a win in and of itself.