Database / BetterDB Interview questions
When would you choose the CLI install over Docker for BetterDB Monitor?
The CLI (npx @betterdb/monitor) is the better fit for local development, quick one-off checks, or environments where you'd rather not manage a Docker container.
Its interactive setup wizard configures the connection, storage backend, and server settings for you and saves them to ~/.betterdb/config.json.
It's also specifically the right choice if you want SQLite persistence, since that storage backend requires better-sqlite3 and is deliberately excluded from the Docker image.
Docker still wins once you're past experimentation: it's the documented path for production, ships as a fixed, versioned artifact, and pairs naturally with the Helm chart if you later move to Kubernetes, whereas the CLI is really aimed at a single machine you're working on directly.
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