[kentonv]

SQLite is designed to handle power loss at bad moments (indeed, anything that calls itself a "database" ought to be resilient against power failure).

Relevant: https://www.sqlite.org/howtocorrupt.html

[dietrichepp]

The article you linked has an interesting line: "Unfortunately, most consumer-grade mass storage devices lie about syncing." That's the kind of problem I was talking about.