[tptacek]

The biggest reason you'd want a cgo-free sqlite is if you're cross-compiling; for instance, from your macOS dev laptop to an x64 dev server.

[spwa4]

Exactly. Even though your m5 max laptop will run the x86 binary just fine, if you don't compile it for arm, your m5 max laptop drops most of its speed and only has the same performance as an x86 server ...