Planck Runtime Co-locates App and Database Code, Claims 4.5x Speed Boost

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Planck is a new platform built around a "Zero-Distance Architecture" that runs application code and database storage within a single unified process, eliminating the network round-trips typical of layered web stacks. Instead of separate NodeJS and database processes communicating over sockets, Planck embeds a WebAssembly application runtime directly inside its LSM-tree-based storage engine. The platform claims this approach delivers up to 4.5 times better performance compared to a conventional NodeJS, ExpressJS, and MongoDB stack. Developers manage the runtime using a command-line tool called planctl, which handles code compilation, packaging, and deployment. A built-in web console called Workbench provides monitoring, schema management, and task scheduling from a browser interface.

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