otoolep

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Software Engineer based in Pittsburgh, PA. Engineering Manager at Google, building large-scale data systems. Creator of rqlite[1], the lightweight, distributed database built on SQLite.

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[1] https://www.rqlite.io

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Comment · 19 days ago
rqlite creator here, happy to answer any questions.

(I'm not the OP)

Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 6 months ago
You can learn about some known use cases here: https://rqlite.io/docs/features/#common-use-cases

One application that comes up over and over again -- wanting relational modeling, along with HA, but with low operational costs. People sometimes start with Postgres, then need to set up HA, and find it's a lot of work. They realize that their data set requirements are not huge, don't need fancy features, so start to think Postgres is overkill. That's what Replicated found.

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