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> SQLite isn't competing with other databases. It's competing with JSON and XML files for persistent storage It competes with both. its clearly used for local
by graemep 2y ago
> SQLite isn't competing with other databases. It's competing with JSON and XML files for persistent storage
It competes with both. its clearly used for local persistent storage. SO are quite a lot of other things. It also competes with other RDBMSes where a separate server process is not a requirement.
That does mean it serves very different requirements, its just that its use case are a lot wider than just replacing JSON and XML files and similar.
- threatofrain 2y ago> It also competes with other RDBMSes where a separate server process is not a requirement. If you casually list off the top DB's either by usage or by recent hotness then almost all of them will have a server, but you'll also find they're basically all not embedded DB's with exception to RocksDB.