I mean this works for Pieter Levels. Definitely will cause issues when you get above a certain threshold of users.
2015
> It’d analyze the feed, see which jobs were remote, then normalize the data and then push it into a simple SQLite database (yes, I’m not using JSON text files as a database anymore, thank you :P).
https://levels.io/how-i-build-my-minimum-viable-products/
2014
> This includes all data used by the app. I actually shy away from using real database systems in the 12 startups. Instead I use JSON text files.
I was hoping to find data on Pieter's current projects using Sqlite and their loads. (For all I know, RemoteOK still does, but I can't find more recent posts about it).