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> There is a popular opinion among developers that SQLite is not suitable for the web, because it doesn’t support concurrent access. No, the issue is it doesn't have high availability features: failover, snapshots, concurrent backups, etc. (Edit: oops, comment pointed out it does have concurrent backups.) SQLite isn't a toy DBMS, it's an extremely capable embedded DBMS. An embedded DBMS is geared towards serving a single purpose-built client, which is great for a desktop application that wants a reliable…
I wish there was some sort of an Access-like form/app builder tool for quickly building GUIs around SQLite databases. That's the one thing I miss. I'd love to reach for SQLite instead of Excel or something.
It's not a toy database, but it is a good idea to be familiar with its Quirks, Gotchas, and Caveats: https://www.sqlite.org/quirks.html
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
- 1322
- Total comments
- 484
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-25 | SQLite is not a toy databaseFirst breakout · Best thread | nalgeon | 986 | 354 |
| 2022-08-16 | SQLite is not a toy database (2021) | losfair | 267 | 114 |
| 2024-08-31 | SQLite is not a toy database (2021) | tosh | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-09-10 | SQLite is not a toy databaseLatest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 67 | 16 |