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The Duke of SQLite: Litestream with Ben Johnson

Jan 17, 2024
Ben Johnson, creator of Litestream and LiteFS, talks about his involvement in SQLite development and the challenges of open source contributions. They discuss the different use cases for Litestream and LiteFS, as well as the greater server-side SQLite landscape. Ben also shares his thoughts on the unique contribution policy of SQLite and their personal experiences with disallowing contributions on their own projects.
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  • Litestream provides continuous backups for SQLite databases by streaming incremental changes, allowing for easy data recovery in the event of a server crash.
  • Server-side SQLite offers faster query performance and improved performance by harnessing the power and speed of local database operations.

Deep dives

Light Stream: Disaster Recovery for SQLite

Light Stream is a tool designed for disaster recovery in SQLite databases. It addresses the need for a database backup system that ensures minimal data loss. By leveraging the cost-effectiveness of Amazon S3 for uploading and downloading data, Light Stream provides streaming replication of incremental changes to S3 every second. In the event of a server crash or failure, users can easily recover their data by downloading up to a second or two from their disaster backup. Overall, Light Stream offers a straightforward and efficient solution for disaster recovery in SQLite databases.

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