lobste.rs entered read-only mode earlier today to migrate from MariaDB to SQLite. I found that interesting and found this GitHub issue with discussion, first around moving to PostgreSQL, then about moving to SQLite: <a href=“https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/issues/539” rel=“ugc”>https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/issues/539</a> This is exactly the kind of interesting technical change that I’d like to see a lobste.rs discussion around, and I found the GitHub issue interesting to read, so I’m linking it here :) Obviously don’t brigade the issue tracker, but since this isn’t about something controversial or drama, I think it should be fine to link? If this thread steps on the toes of some official announcement, or if it still breaks the anti-brigading rules, feel free to delete this thread.
Looks like it was immediately reverted too? I was curious what they were using to manage sqlite since usually the lack of concurrent writes would be limiting for a busy site. And it seems like it was! Very strange, and there’s accusations of vibe coding being thrown around.
