SQLite in Production
ELI5 — The Vibe Check
Everyone says 'SQLite is just for dev and mobile!' but then you realize it powers more active deployments than all other databases combined. It's a database in a single file — no server, no config, no drama. With tools like Litestream for replication, people are now running it in production and sleeping fine at night.
Real Talk
The practice of using SQLite as a production database for web applications, enabled by modern deployment patterns (single-server, embedded) and replication tools (Litestream, LiteFS). It offers zero-config operation, sub-millisecond reads, and ACID compliance, though it's limited to single-writer concurrency.
When You'll Hear This
"Our SaaS runs on SQLite in production — 50k daily users, single server, zero database ops." / "SQLite in production works great until you need horizontal write scaling — then you need a plan."
Related Terms
DuckDB
DuckDB is like SQLite's nerdy data analyst sibling. Instead of handling web app transactions, it's built for crunching numbers — analytical queries on mill
Edge Database
What if your database was everywhere, like coffee shops? Edge Databases put copies of your data at the edge of the network — close to users — so reads are
LibSQL
LibSQL is what happens when someone looks at SQLite and says 'this is amazing, but what if it could also do replication and work over the network?' It's an