Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order> SQLite isn't just on the same machine as your application, but actually built into your application process. When you put your data right next to your application, you can see per-query latency drop to 10-20 microseconds. That's micro, with a μ. A 50-100x improvement over an intra-region Postgres query. This is the #1 reason my exuberant technical mind likes that we use SQLite for all the things. Latency is the exact reason you would have a problem scaling any…
I hope fly is able to make it. I’m rooting for them - however - I’m starting to wonder if the SQLite push isn’t more “this is fun and interesting to build” and less “customers want this”. Don’t get me wrong - this is neat - but I’d never suggest anyone to actually use this outside of a fun experiment. The problem with existing SQL dbs isn’t really the architecture - its the awful queries that do in memory sorting…
2022. It was discussed previously. I remain skeptical of the idea. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31318708
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1583
- Total comments
- 567
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-09 | I'm all-in on server-side SQLiteFirst breakout · Best thread | dpeck | 1353 | 404 |
| 2023-09-22 | I'm All-In on Server-Side SQLiteLatest 20+ point return | rrampage | 214 | 161 |
| 2025-03-08 | I'm All-In on Server-Side SQLite | hunvreus | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-05-21 | I'm All-In on Server-Side SQLite (2022) | tosh | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-09-01 | I'm All-In on Server-Side SQLite | sealeck | 7 | 2 |