I've come to see any database other than sqlite as premature optimisation. Running a separate DB process, securing it, backing it up: they're all more hassle with production DBs.
I'm not sure what the key-value or document store equivalent is though.
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Effects and code as a database in Unison: https://jaredforsyth.com/posts/whats-cool-about-unison/
Unison is looking at changing their program representation to plain sqlite!
When someone says "you should use the cloud", I'm never sure if they mean:
1: use a virtual server rather than running your own hardware, or
2: use hosted services rather than running your own e.g. database
2 is often surprisingly expensive IME.
On the remarkable inertia of database and programming language choices early in the life of a company: