The Code Inside Everything (That Gets Zero Credit)

Coding with Lewis · Intermediate ·🔧 Backend Engineering ·2mo ago

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Discusses the creation and maintenance of SQLite, the most-used software in human history, with a focus on systems design

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Over a trillion SQLite databases are running right now, on every phone, every browser, every plane. The most-used software in human history. Three people maintain it. They don't accept outside code. This is the story of how SQLite was created and how it became the most popular software in the world. 🔗 Links: MY 12K+ DISCORD 💬 https://discord.gg/GkrFX4zT2C CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIAL 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/lewismenelaws 🎚TikTok:https://tiktok.com/@lewismenelaws 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/LewisMenelaws My gear 💻 https://liinks.co/lewismenelaws ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 The most-used software you've never heard of 0:40 The Navy ship that broke Informix 3:38 The database that's just a file 5:36 Motorola, AOL, and a feature that didn't work 8:12 Symbian, the bus factor, and the consortium 10:48 The Google prototype that became Android 12:17 Tested like flight software (DO-178B) 15:23 The fortress: why nobody can contribute 17:26 A prayer where the license should be 20:24 Megalin and the cracks in the wall 22:42 Turso, the fork, and the Rust rewrite 26:00 Free as in puppies 27:36 Three people, a trillion databases
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Chapters (13)

The most-used software you've never heard of
0:40 The Navy ship that broke Informix
3:38 The database that's just a file
5:36 Motorola, AOL, and a feature that didn't work
8:12 Symbian, the bus factor, and the consortium
10:48 The Google prototype that became Android
12:17 Tested like flight software (DO-178B)
15:23 The fortress: why nobody can contribute
17:26 A prayer where the license should be
20:24 Megalin and the cracks in the wall
22:42 Turso, the fork, and the Rust rewrite
26:00 Free as in puppies
27:36 Three people, a trillion databases
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