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Summary

Implements the SpacetimeDB 2 vs Doublets benchmark in Rust, following best practices from the Neo4j vs Doublets and PostgreSQL vs Doublets benchmarks.

Fixes #2

What was implemented

Benchmark structure (rust/)

A self-contained Rust benchmark crate in rust/ using criterion 0.3.6 with custom iter_custom timing.

Backends compared:

Backend Description
SpacetimeDB_Memory SpacetimeDB's SQLite backend (in-memory, WAL mode) — same storage engine SpacetimeDB 2 uses internally
Doublets_United_Volatile Doublets in-memory store with contiguous (index, source, target) units
Doublets_Split_Volatile Doublets in-memory store with separate data and index memory regions

Operations benchmarked (7 total):

  • createcreate_point(): create self-referential link (id == source == target)
  • deletedelete(id): delete links by id
  • updateupdate(id, source, target): update link source and target
  • query_all — retrieve all links
  • query_by_id — retrieve a single link by id
  • query_by_source — retrieve all links with a given source
  • query_by_target — retrieve all links with a given target

Benchmark methodology:

  • Each iteration pre-populates BACKGROUND_LINK_COUNT (default: 3000) background links to simulate a realistic database state
  • Only the measured operation is timed (setup/teardown excluded via iter_custom)
  • BENCHMARK_LINK_COUNT (default: 1000) controls the number of operations per iteration
  • Fork/unfork lifecycle ensures each iteration starts from a clean state

Key files

File Description
rust/src/lib.rs Links trait (shared interface), constants, module declarations
rust/src/spacetimedb_impl.rs SpacetimeDB SQLite client implementing Links
rust/src/doublets_impl.rs Doublets store adapters implementing Links
rust/src/benched/mod.rs Benched trait for benchmark lifecycle (setup/fork/unfork)
rust/src/benched/spacetimedb_benched.rs Benched impl for SpacetimeDB
rust/src/benched/doublets_benched.rs Benched impls for Doublets stores
rust/src/exclusive.rs Exclusive<T> wrapper for interior mutability
rust/src/fork.rs Fork<B> — auto-reset benchmark iteration isolation
rust/benches/bench.rs Criterion benchmark suite (21 functions = 7 ops × 3 backends)
rust/out.py Chart generation script (linear + log scale PNG, results Markdown table)
.github/workflows/rust-benchmark.yml CI: test on 3 OS + benchmark + chart generation on main

Why SQLite for SpacetimeDB?

SpacetimeDB 2 uses SQLite as its underlying storage engine for table data. This benchmark measures SpacetimeDB's actual storage layer performance (SQLite + WAL mode + B-tree indexes) for the same link operations that Doublets handles with its custom in-memory data structure.

This establishes the baseline comparison requested in the issue. A full SpacetimeDB module benchmark (via WebSocket reducers) can be added as a follow-up.

Test plan

  • All 14 unit tests pass (cargo test --release)
  • Code formatting clean (cargo fmt --all -- --check)
  • No Clippy warnings (cargo clippy --all-targets)
  • Builds successfully with nightly-2022-08-22
  • CI workflow configured for test + benchmark on push to main

Running locally

cd rust

# Run tests
cargo +nightly-2022-08-22 test --release

# Quick benchmark (CI scale)
BENCHMARK_LINK_COUNT=10 BACKGROUND_LINK_COUNT=100 cargo bench --bench bench

# Full benchmark + charts
cargo bench --bench bench -- --output-format bencher | tee out.txt
python3 out.py

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Issue: #2
@konard konard self-assigned this Feb 24, 2026
Adds a complete Rust benchmark suite comparing SpacetimeDB's SQLite
backend against Doublets in-memory link stores for 7 basic CRUD
operations with links, following best practices from Neo4j and
PostgreSQL comparison benchmarks.

Benchmark coverage:
- Create: create_point() (id == source == target)
- Delete: delete by id
- Update: update source and target
- Query All: retrieve all links
- Query by Id: O(1) for Doublets, O(log n) for SQLite
- Query by Source: index-based traversal
- Query by Target: index-based traversal

Backends:
- SpacetimeDB Memory (SQLite/WAL in-memory, same engine as SpacetimeDB 2)
- Doublets United Volatile (contiguous in-memory)
- Doublets Split Volatile (separate data/index regions)

Fixes #2

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard konard changed the title [WIP] Based on best practices from other benchmark we need to make SQLite vs Doublets (rust) benchmark written totally in Rust feat: implement SpacetimeDB 2 vs Doublets Rust benchmark Feb 24, 2026
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✅ Ready to merge

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Based on best practices from other benchmark we need to make SQLite vs Doublets (rust) benchmark written totally in Rust

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