That’s probably true but building a clone that people understand, even if slower, is extremely valuable. Understanding an existing technology deeply is a gatewa

That’s probably true but building a clone that people understand, even if slower, is extremely valuable. Understanding an existing technology deeply is a gateway to innovation. That said, SQLite is so remarkably stable, lightweight like a feather, and incredibly battletested, that even a hypothetically superior alternative would have an immense uphill battle to reach the same value prop.