Your goal already bakes in Nostr notes (replaceable), so of course any argument about not using it is invalid. I was assuming that the goal is having a note taking app with best in class end to end encryption. That assumption didn't require lock-free database, and I never default to assuming a lock-free database as a requirement

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Fear and Loathing in Lock-Free Programming

What follows is a whirlwind tour of an area of programming usually only whispered of and seldom explored, perhaps for good reason…

Given that using Nostr events as a requirement, I have nothing to say but encourage the bravery