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Is switching to SQLite really making hosting your web apps less of a headache? Most hosting providers make spinning up your standard client-server RDBMSs (MySQL

• mythz 2y ago
  Not having to worry about needing to configure, manage or pay for any additional infrastructure dependencies definitely makes hosting a lot simpler. Using RDS was the only thing keeping us on AWS, by switching to SQLite we're now running all new Apps on Hetzner VMs which costs around ~€0.60/mo to host a .NET + SQLite Docker App.
• KronisLV 2y ago
  It probably depends! If you’re using one of the hosting providers or managed services that just give you a DB to use and you don’t have to think about administering it, it’s a pretty relaxed experience. Even if you self-host, running a container with the DB of your choice usually isn’t that much more difficult than just having an SQLite DB for your app, at that point it’s probably more about the features which each solution provides. Personally, I have some stuff running on MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite and I’ve almost never had any problems with either. Then again, I’ve never gotten to a scale with personal stuff where the specifics of that choice would matter much.