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Infra2026-07-15 · source-backed
The 8-years-planned migration landed this weekend via a 735-line, 30-commit change, and notably ended on SQLite instead of the PostgreSQL originally targeted in 2018. The site now runs a 3.8GB content DB plus separate cache, queue, and security databases on a single box, with lower CPU, lower memory, and a snappier feel. (Simon Willison) Another concrete data point that boring single-node SQLite scales to real production web apps much further than most of us assume. I've watched this pattern play out enough times to stop reaching for a managed Postgres cluster by default.
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Simon Willison released Datasette / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Simon Willison released Datasette); both cover Simon Willison, SQLite; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Simon Willison released LLM / Shared entity: Simon Willison / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Simon Willison released LLM); both cover Simon Willison; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Simon Willison released LLM / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Simon Willison released LLM); both cover Simon Willison, SQLite; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Simon Willison released LLM / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Simon Willison released LLM); both cover Simon Willison, SQLite; overlapping topics (apps, data, sqlite).
Simon Willison uses Fable / Shared entities / Same source domain / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Simon Willison uses Fable); both cover Simon Willison, SQLite; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Simon Willison released LLM / Shared entities / Same source domain / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Simon Willison released LLM); both cover Simon Willison, SQLite; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Lobsters uses SQLite / Shared entities / Same source domain / What happened next / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Lobsters uses SQLite); both cover Postgres, PostgreSQL, SQLite; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Simon Willison uses Claude Code / Shared entities / Same source domain / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Simon Willison uses Claude Code); both cover CPU, Simon Willison; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).