# Behind the Fizzy Infrastructure

DevFeed: [Behind the Fizzy Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/behind-the-fizzy-infrastructure-33501.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dev.37signals.com/fizzy-infrastructure/>)

Author: Kevin McConnell, Kimberly Rhodes, Fernando Olivares

Published: 2026-02-26T18:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [37signals Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/37signals-dev.md>)

Topics: [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [experiment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiment.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [sqlite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqlite.md>)

## AI overview

A Recordables episode examines Fizzy's infrastructure experiment of giving each customer a separate SQLite database to support self-hosted and SaaS models. The team discusses performance, architectural complexity, and its decision to revert to a more conventional setup shortly before release.

## Source excerpt

Lead Programmer Kevin McConnell shares the ambitious infrastructure experiment behind Fizzy and the choice to pivot before launch.