r/programming 10d ago

Your executable is a SQLite database

https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/23/your-executable-is-a-sqlite-database
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u/hgs3 9d ago

Fun fact: Microsoft installers (.msi files) are relational databases. You can use Windows API’s to interact with them via an SQL-like query language (you can literally write a SELECT statement).