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I think that most applications are written for their database. Their database defines their application. If you write your application on a flimsy database the

• tptacek 2y ago
  This was the kind of thing people used to say about MySQL before Meta made those arguments look silly, and so they've moved to SQLite as a new target. I like Postgres fine, but it's just a tool, like many others.
• snovv_crash 2y ago
  Au contraire, SQLite makes it very easy to write extensive automated testing for your application, since you can spin up in-memory DBs per test with minimal overhead. This makes your application much more robust.
• randomdata 2y ago
  Of course, once you come to that realization, then you realize that it is all one in the same and that there isn't any magic going on, which then realizes that business constraints can go anywhere in your application and be written by anyone. I suspect what you are really trying to say is that you trust Hipp more than you trust yourself to get the constraints right. Indeed, if you screw it up you're in for a world of hurt, so you are right to be cautious. But, if you have more trust in a random stranger who has no care for your data than you do yourself to implement it for you, perhaps you shouldn't be writing any code at all? Software development certainly isn't for everyone.