Probably easier to ask an LLM, but here goes: drift gives you type-safe queries which lets you catch any errors at compile time instead of runtime (which is the case with sqlite). There are other benefits but that's probably the main one.

It’s still SQLite. Drift as an ORM they are using on top of SQLite.

Hi, author of the article here.

Any state management approach requires you to adapt your way of thinking, whether that be BLoC, Riverpod, Redux or anything you want to use.

Rivepod gained popularity because it's really simple to pick up: create a Notifier, create a Provider for it, and observe, while some other approaches require additional boilerplate, setup, and understanding.

Your approach would work if you are only observing that state from a single widget, which might not always be the case. Additionally, assuming useState is using setState under the hood means it will rebuild the whole widget on change, while with Riverpod, you have the flexibility to wrap any part of a complex widget into a Consumer or listen to only part of the exposed state on the Notifier with .select().

To put it simply: - Notifiers are used for app state - Hooks are used for ephemeral state (local widget state)

Hope this clears it bit for you.

Riverpod does a lot more than just state management - it also handles dependency injection and reactive caching.

Here’s a great guide on using Riverpod: https://codewithandrea.com/articles/flutter-state-management...

This was my experience as well. I have however been very happy with get_it <https://pub.dev/packages/get_it> and watch_it <https://pub.dev/packages/watch_it> though, which just totally clicked for me in terms of how it works with the state store (database).

Yes

> poor countries

Ah yes, those fluttering countries and their fluttery ways

There are a lot more JS and Native developers compared to Flutter/Dart developers in the West. Plus fear-mongering around Google dropping development of Flutter.

Uh what? It’s extremely popular in the US? You wanna source that claim?