Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login biokoda 29 minutes ago | link | parent Because sqlite is an embeddable isolated database. Each individual actor is completely independent. Sqlite naturally fits into this use case. Using postgres or mariadb would be very problematic or even impossible, because they are not designed for this kind of use. ActorDB needs to be able to move actors to new clusters when they are added, while still execute queries on them at the same time. Lists | RSS | Bookmarklet | Guidelines | FAQ | DMCA | News News | Feature Requests | Bugs | Y Combinator | Apply | Library Search: ...