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Show HN: SQLite for Rivet Actors – one database per agent, tenant, or document
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Show HN: SQLite for Rivet Actors – one database per agent, tenant, or document

via Hacker NewsNathanFlurry1mo ago

Hey HN! We posted Rivet Actors here previously [1] as an open-source alternative to Cloudflare Durable Objects. Today we've released SQLite storage for actors (Apache 2.0). Every actor gets its own SQLite database. This means you can have millions of independent databases: one for each agent, tenant, user, or document. Useful for: - AI agents: per-agent DB for message history, state, embeddings - Multi-tenant SaaS: real per-tenant isolation, no RLS hacks - Collaborative documents: each document gets its own database with built-in multiplayer - Per-user databases: isolated, scales horizontally, runs at the edge The idea of splitting data per entity isn't new: Cassandra and DynamoDB use partition keys to scale horizontally, but you're stuck with rigid schemas ("single-table design" [3]), limited queries, and painful migrations. SQLite per entity gives you the same scalability without those tradeoffs [2]. How this compares: - Cloudflare Durable Objects & Agents: most similar to Rivet Acto

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