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803: The SQLite Takeover with Turso’s Glauber Costa

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Innovation Sparks from Frustration

Dissatisfaction with existing SQLite solutions led to a major innovation in database technology. Founders with extensive experience in the Linux kernel recognized the potential to enhance SQLite for server-side production use. They leveraged their technical expertise to create a new database from scratch, resulting in CylaDB, aiming to perform on par with top competitors like Postgres and MySQL. The inability of the SQLite project to accept external contributions prompted them to fork the original code. This initiative ultimately succeeded in developing a managed service, Thurso, providing robust database solutions. Additionally, the importance of application monitoring was emphasized, highlighting the risks of operating without proper visibility into application errors.

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