[bob1029]

> It's the Flex Tape of the software world.

I assume you are using Flex Tape as a derogatory comparison here. That said, I do view SQLite as a kind of "fix all" in the software world.

It's cheap (free), fast, everywhere and applicable to virtually every type of problem domain. AAA game assets to B2B line of business app storage. It's the most tested and used software on earth.

It doesn't fix everything, but it certainly gives you a fighting chance to make it to the next step.

[antisthenes]

Once people realized that 90% of things aren't actually #BIGDATA, and SSDs became commonplace, it turned out SQLite is just good enough to solve those 90% things.

Things like contact lists or game assets or even web history on individual computers will never grow to multi-TB sizes, hence no reason to over engineer them.

[username135]

A solution to a problem is still a solution regardless of what it is.

Might not be the most glorious or flashy solution, but like you mention, getting to the next step is all that really matters, IMO.