> It's not like it's hard to install or has any significant overhead. Depends on the environment or lack thereof, postgres is a pain in the ass on windows, and

> It's not like it's hard to install or has any significant overhead. Depends on the environment or lack thereof, postgres is a pain in the ass on windows, and then you need support for software configuration so that it can talk to postgres, and then you have to take care of the features you're using. If you're deploying a complex server-side system with lots of moving parts, then yes postgres is basically free. But if you're deploying client-side, or want to run it in a VPS, or whatever, postgres might go from not available to extra cost to a huge chore. > Just use SQLite. It's almost as good as Postgres and you won't need anything more Can't say I agree with that sentiment in any way though, every time I use it sqlite frustrates me in its limitations compared to postgres, and how weak the defaults are from a safety and consistency perspective.