Re:SQLite may become foundational for digital progress
by luvs2code on Monday May 23, 2022 @12:25AM
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I really miss desktop apps. They worked so well and didn't have half the problems that come with web apps.
I'm working on a project, for fun not for money, that uses Golang and talks to a SQLite database for things like accounts and user content. So far I really enjoy writing it a lot but I have to admit that it would probably have issues if it scaled to a large number of users.
In fairness to SQLite it was designed in a different era technologically. Maybe there will be a replacement for the web app era if we distill what we like about SQLite
Re:SQLite may become foundational for digital progress
by marpstar on Sunday May 22, 2022 @07:18PM
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"Native Mobile Apps" are the new "Desktop App". They can both be client apps to a remote server/datastore, or not. "Desktop Apps" didn't go away, the internet-connected apps just overtook them.
Re:SQLite may become foundational for digital progress
by NonNefarious on Monday May 23, 2022 @01:34AM
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My company just finished a new desktop app and will continue to produce more.
Re:SQLite may become foundational for digital progress
by brokenmachine on Monday May 23, 2022 @02:48AM
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Bless you. So sick of cloud everything.
When people created desktop apps - they needed a datastore that was simple and reliable to use. SQLite was perfect for this.
Now, no-one is creating desktop apps anymore (everything is a web app), but people still need a simple & reliable datastore. Even though SQLite has historically advertised to not be used for client/server, people are finding that SQLite works great for most web apps as well.