Lobsters had been planning to migrate away from MariaDB since August 2018, originally aiming for PostgreSQL before switching its target to SQLite last year.

The Lobsters community site had a multi-year plan to leave MariaDB, initially targeting PostgreSQL, but pivoted to SQLite last year. ✦ AI generated

Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-14 · original ↗

Community site Lobsters has been planning a migration away from MariaDB since August 2018 - originally targeting PostgreSQL, but last year they decided to investigate SQLite instead.

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