I agree. If we can start a culture of relying on SQLite instead of PostgreSQL/MySQL, a whole server-side application can be a simple standalone binary.
Also, having a binary makes it easy to bundle in an Electron app.
Laravel is defaulting to SQLite now (mainly for ease of development). Also FrankenPHP has SQLite included by default. Going that route is less scalable though, obviously, unless you use one of those third party SQLite cluster solutions.
francislavoie|1 year ago