Despite a lot of habitual nay-sayers, this is absolutely correct. The vast majority of sites simply do not need the black-boxery of handing stuff off to externa

Despite a lot of habitual nay-sayers, this is absolutely correct. The vast majority of sites simply do not need the black-boxery of handing stuff off to external storage. SQLite will carry the load just fine, and not only be as good as, but an actual improvement. I have written fairly large web-apps taking fairly decent traffic, and relying solely on SQLite, unless really pressing circumstances required otherwise. Healthy exercise too: Sharpens your focus, "Do I absolutely need to do a write here?".