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# [localStorage Is My Database (For Now): The Patterns That Work, the Limits That Bite, and When to Graduate](https://nitroide.hashnode.dev/localstorage-is-my-database-for-now-the-patterns-that-work-the-limits-that-bite-and-when-to-graduate?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

No server, no database — NitroIDE's whole persistence layer is localStorage. The patterns that carry it, the 5 MB wall, and the line where you graduate to IndexedDB.

Oct 22 · 5 min read · nitroide.hashnode.dev  
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