I think a lot of us fall into the trap of expecting that our apps will grow to a huge size, and that we need to be ready to scale just in case. This is where t

I think a lot of us fall into the trap of expecting that our apps will grow to a huge size, and that we need to be ready to scale just in case. This is where the "MongoDB is webscale" meme came from. The truth is SQLite and a single webserver or Docker container will be fine for 95% of web applications. People really underestimate the advantage of simplicity vs perceived power. Use SQLite.