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Lobsters migrated from MariaDB to SQLite and cut costs in half
Technology news community Lobsters completed its migration from MariaDB to SQLite this past weekend, a transition it had been planning since 2018. The move significantly reduced CPU and memory usage, made the site faster, and halved VPS costs.
WHY IT MATTERS
It demonstrates that SQLite can be a fully viable alternative to traditional databases for production systems with substantial traffic, and underscores that simple technology often outperforms complex infrastructure when properly sized.
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