Litestream 0.5.0 Release: User Advises Caution Before Production Deployment
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Summary
The author, a regular Litestream user, advises caution about the newly released Litestream 0.5.0, recommending users wait for another release and more extensive testing before deploying it in production. Litestream is an open-source tool for real-time SQLite database backups to cloud storage, owned by Fly.io. After nearly two years of paused development in favor of LiteFS, creator Ben Johnson announced a renewed focus on Litestream with the 0.5.0 release. The author expresses love for Litestream but found issues with the new version that warrant caution.
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I caution other Litestream users to give it another release and more extensive testing before deploying it in production.
Litestream is owned by Fly.io, and they paused development on Litestream for almost two years in favor of an alternative project called LiteFS.
Ben Johnson, Litestream's creator and lead developer, announced that they were shifting focus back to Litestream and had just published a new release, 0.5.0.
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