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ummonktoday at 3:13 PM1 replyview on HN

I feel like there are a lot of use cases where I’d opt for SQLite and a lot of use cases where I’d opt for Postgres + PgBouncer. I’m curious what kinds of features push towards using Postgres alone over SQLite.


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tyretoday at 3:24 PM

All of my personal apps use Postgres because:

- types are lovely. We love types. SQLite’s default of non-strict typing is, to me, bananas.

- SELECT DISTINCT ON is my ride-or-die

- most importantly, I’m very comfortable in Postgres and the setup cost is basically zero (like SQLite) because Claude does it.

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