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# [node:sqlite: The Database That Already Ships With Node](https://grimicorn.hashnode.dev/node-sqlite-the-database-that-already-ships-with-node?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Every small Node project hits the same fork in the road. You need to persist something: a queue of jobs, a cache of API responses, the bookmarks for a CLI tool. A JSON file feels too fragile, Postgres

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