seems like it's become trendy to talk about how "underrated" sqlite
in same vein as all those articles comparing time to process data on single laptop vs hadoop cluster or whatever
in same vein as all those articles comparing time to process data on single laptop vs hadoop cluster or whatever
Technologies have waves on HN. A couple years ago there were a ton of Go articles. Lately there's always a Rust article on the front page. Right now, I feel like SQLite is a refreshing escape from many of the complex deployments that have been in vogue lately.
We were using SQLite in production way before it was cool on HN. I remember back in 2017-2018 describing how we use SQLite as the principal database engine for our multi-user product, and was basically tarred and feathered by the hosted SQL crowd.
I think the most intoxicating thing about SQLite is that you don't have to install or configure even one goddamn thing. It's a lot more work and unknowns to go down this path, but you can wind up with a far more robust product as a result.
I hope this trend continues aggressively.
There are a lot of configuration options when compiling SQLite, and some of its defaults are pretty conservative (e.g. assuming no usleep and default to `sleep` unless `HAVE_USLEEP` specified). Generally I recommend looking into how Apple configures its SQLite (SQLite provides https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/compileoption_get.html to query) and modify to your needs.
Definitely look into compilation options if you plan to embed SQLite into your application.