If you've shipped an Electron app that persists structured data, you've probably hit the wall at some point. You need something more than a flat JSON file, but a full database server is absurd for a desktop app. So you reach for better-sqlite3 — and then spend the next hour fighting native bindings.
The Electron storage problem
Electron bundles its own version of Node.js. That version almost never matches the one on your machine. Native Node modules — the ones that compile C++ bindings — need to be recompiled specifically for the Electron runtime, using electron-rebuild or equivalent tooling.
In practice this means:
Every Electron update potentially breaks your native dependencies
