Twelve years of distributed SQLite

Philip Ottoole, a developer at Google, has written a retrospective on the development of distributed SQLite, a database system that allows multiple processes to access and modify a single database file simultaneously. The system was first announced in 2011 and has since become a widely-used technology in various industries. Ottoole highlights the key features and challenges of distributed SQLite, including its use of a single file for storage, the ability to handle concurrent modifications, and the need for careful synchronization to prevent data corruption. He also discusses the trade-offs between consistency and availability, and the role of distributed SQLite in use cases such as collaborative editing and real-time data processing.