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Nah, all those defaults are features. Of course, there are contexts where those defaults are unsuitable which means: Use a Different RDBMS!

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Change RDBMS instead of changing configs from their default value? They're configurable for a reason.

Are there any other serverless SQL DBMSes?

Lots. Firebird and DuckDB come immediately to mind. Wikipedia lists several more, though not all of them are relational: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_database

Thanks for the suggestions. I did some brief research on those two and DuckDB in particular looks enticing. I'll have to remember to give it a try on my next side project.

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