There was a source control system whose code I had the pleasure of reading several months ago whose favorite way to store data was as a SQLite3 database, with a

There was a source control system whose code I had the pleasure of reading several months ago whose favorite way to store data was as a SQLite3 database, with a single table, with a single column, with a single row, containing JSON. Words failed me. Based on what you're describing, I now believe those developers were poached from Adobe.