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If Postgres feels too heavy, don't worry! Just use SQLite, and swap in Postgres later once you need to.
by kevingadd 5y ago
If Postgres feels too heavy, don't worry! Just use SQLite, and swap in Postgres later once you need to.
- cpursley 5y agoI guess this is a Rails thing where people treat the db as a just dumb store.
- capableweb 5y agoI think I've used Rails seriously only once or twice in my professional life but yeah, mostly treat data-stores as just dumb stores in most projects, unless it has some special requirements.
- guiriduro 5y agoNot just Rails, any webdev group without the oversight of a DBA/Architect, and a penchant for simplistic ORM (mis)use plus uncorrected opinions around 'webscale' state persistence.
- Nextgrid 5y agoDo you have any resources you can recommend about using the DB for more than just a dumb datastore? The first thing I'd be concerned about is how do you manage changes? Code is easy to version control, deploy and roll-back. Database state and things such as triggers, stored procedures, etc, less so.
- cpursley 5y agoHere's one example: https://sive.rs/pg https://sive.rs/pg