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Solo dev slashes latency 90x by moving services from Postgres to SQLite

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A solo developer has successfully migrated five internal services from managed PostgreSQL databases, such as Neon and Supabase, to SQLite. This transition significantly reduced latency, with query times dropping from an average of 38ms to under 1ms in one instance, and also lowered operational costs and complexity. The developer credits advancements in SQLite's WAL mode, the availability of Litestream for reliable backups to S3, and the integration of `sqlite-vec` for handling embeddings without needing a separate vector database. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates how developers can optimize infrastructure costs and performance by choosing simpler, more efficient tools for specific workloads.

RANK_REASON This is a personal account and technical deep-dive into a developer's choice of database technology, not a product release or industry-wide announcement.

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Solo dev slashes latency 90x by moving services from Postgres to SQLite

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · RAXXO Studios ·

    SQLite is Enough: 5 RAXXO Services I Moved Off Postgres

    <ul> <li><p>Moved 5 RAXXO services off Postgres + Neon to SQLite + better-sqlite3 in WAL mode</p></li> <li><p>Local roundtrips dropped from 38ms to 0.4ms on the syndication tracker, 90x faster</p></li> <li><p>Litestream replicates the .db file to S3 every 10s, recovery point unde…

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