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		SahAssar 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Databases in 2025: A Year in Review How do you deal with deletion requirements in a immutable database? Like how do you delete personal data when requested?

malloryerik 3 days ago | [–]

In the case of Datomic: https://docs.datomic.com/operation/excision.html

radarroark 3 days ago | | [–]

The fastest approach is to just zero out the data. Alternatively you can rebuild the entire database while preserving only the data accessible in the latest copy of the db (kinda similar to SQLite's VACUUM command).

mwarkentin 4 days ago | [–]

Crypto shredding?

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