SQLite is Enough for Your Side Project

2026-01-29 15:04 | 1 min read | 1.1KB | 👁 2345 views
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SQLite is Enough

Stop spinning up PostgreSQL containers for your todo app.

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db_admin_joe 1 month ago

WAL mode tip is gold. Went from 50ms writes to 8ms on my project. Thanks!

startup_cto 1 month ago

We're serving 200K daily users with SQLite + Litestream backup. Can confirm — it just works.

postgres_fan 1 month ago

Interesting take. I still prefer PostgreSQL for the ecosystem, but SQLite has definitely earned its place.

newbie_dev 1 month ago

As a beginner, this is so encouraging. I've been overthinking my stack. Time to just ship it with SQLite!

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