Sqllite didn’t start for fun it was built for navy destroyers and submarines. (1) that’s probably why parent called it bulletproof.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQLite#History

It could also be a reference to the comprehensive SQLite test suite (1) or the fact that it has been in production systems for many years, though it’s initial purpose does make bulletproof quite apt.

(1) https://sqlite.org/testing.html

> Sqllite didn’t start for fun it was built for navy destroyers and submarines.

Those aren't mutually exclusive. I for one find destroyers to be an absolute riot.

I admit that I was merely being metaphorical and referencing the comprehensive test suite, wide distribution and usage.

I wish I had intended that pun embedded in the comment, but from now on ;)

When Wikipedia simply says otherwise I wonder where you got the "for fun" reference from. I tend to almost blindly trust comments on HN but this one was quite off.

You baited me into making an account.

See https://changelog.com/podcast/201#transcript-100

>I had couple months off and I thought, "Hey, I'm just gonna go and cobble together a really quick and simple database engine that just does a few very simple SQL commands, insert the lead, update and select." No joints, wasn't trying to be efficient... All I needed to do was pull stuff off of a disk in that memory.

>And I put it out there and... I've been doing open source for years before this, putting things on my website, and people would find my thing -- or well, you know, I'd put things on my website and it'd get like five downloads per year, or something like that. I'd figured this would be just another one of those things, but for whatever reason it really resonated with people.