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If your application already has a database, just make another table for the stuff you want. Relying on another SaaS for these small bits of data is just asking

If your application already has a database, just make another table for the stuff you want. Relying on another SaaS for these small bits of data is just asking for trouble and downtime. There are tons of hosted databases available (e.g. redis.com) and Cloudflare Workers could be another approach, but I wouldn't bother with any of them. Also, there is nothing wrong with being a beginning web dev, and your question is not a dumb question, but I'd have to call it a beginner question. I'm not sure HN is the right place for that. Someplace like Stackexchange or Reddit might be more suitable.

kashnote 5y ago
Well my problem isn’t really the storage, per se, but rather the management of it. I don’t really want to spend time and build my own UI for this. If for whatever reason I want to toggle has_seen_welcome_popup for a certain user, I don't want to connect to the prod DB with a client either. I can definitely do this on my own, but a SaaS with a nice UI just makes sense for this use case.
- XCSme 5y ago
  > I don't want to connect to the prod DB with a client either What's the difference between this and having a custom UI for it? Are you afraid of breaking stuff in production? You could simply create a different database for the "dumb" stuff.