Main reason is that SQLite is embedded with my application. There isn't a second, third or fourth "microservice" to spin up. I know Terraform/Docker, love them,

Main reason is that SQLite is embedded with my application. There isn't a second, third or fourth "microservice" to spin up. I know Terraform/Docker, love them, but the gymnastics I need to orchestrate for my particular situation is not worth it. So for the tradeoff of complexity for functionality, SQLite hits a very good sweet spot for me.