The development of SQLite as it matures into more and more production ready DB reminds me a lot of the story behind the GE J85 engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/

The development of SQLite as it matures into more and more production ready DB reminds me a lot of the story behind the GE J85 engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_J85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_J85 It started out life as a disposable engine for a decoy missile and so the engineers took a very lightweight approach to it and kept the costs down. It would later be adapted to be used for more permanent aircrafts and ended up being one of GE's most successful and longest serving engines.