Best of SQLite — November 2024

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   Engineer’s Codex·2y

   5 Non-LLM Software Trends To Be Excited About

   Innovations in software engineering outside the AI spotlight include local-first software improving user experience and data processing locally, advancements in WebAssembly allowing for near-native speed in the browser, a renewed interest in SQLite for its simplicity and performance, significant improvements in cross-platform mobile development with React Native and Flutter, and the use of automated reasoning for improving system reliability and security. These trends are shaping the future of software development through better performance, user experience, and reliability.

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   Fireship·2y

   SQLite and its weird new fork “libSQL”

   SQLite, originally created for the US Navy, is a widely deployed, serverless SQL database. Its open-source nature has led to the fork named libSQL, which adds server mode and enhanced features like replication, encryption, and WebAssembly triggers. These improvements support unique databases per user, offering better performance and scalability, particularly in serverless environments.

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   Hacker News·2y

   frectonz/pglite-fusion: Embed an SQLite database in your PostgreSQL table. AKA multitenancy has been solved.

   Introducing pglite-fusion, a PostgreSQL extension that allows embedding SQLite databases within PostgreSQL tables, providing a solution for multitenancy. The post demonstrates setup via Docker, SQL queries for creating and manipulating tables storing SQLite databases, and functions for initializing, updating, and querying SQLite data within PostgreSQL.

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   Community Picks·2y

   SQLite vs PostgreSQL

   The post compares SQLite and PostgreSQL regarding their performance in various operations such as inserts, updates, deletes, and joins. It highlights the differences in architecture, with PostgreSQL being a traditional client-server database and SQLite functioning as a library integrated into the application. Tests are conducted to measure latency, throughput, CPU usage, and disk write operations, emphasizing how network interactions impact PostgreSQL's performance compared to SQLite's local file interactions.

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   Community Picks·2y

   LiteCLI

   LiteCLI is a command line interface for SQLite that offers auto-completion and syntax highlighting. It can be installed via pip or homebrew. For any setup issues, refer to the detailed instructions on the Getting Started page. LiteCLI is a free and open-source project under the DBCLI organization.

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