In Wordpress those changes get persisted to a MySql database, and now... SQLite? Seems like a lateral move. If they were files, it would be at least possible

In Wordpress those changes get persisted to a MySql database, and now... SQLite? Seems like a lateral move. If they were files, it would be at least possible to diff against the production server, and to abort if there's differences since the last 'snapshot' (forcing the developer to pull them down at a later snapshot position)