Three practical guides to turn your files, emails, and project data into queryable SQLite databases If you've ever struggled with compliance audits (HIPAA, SOX, GDPR, SOC 2), security investigations, or e-discovery requests, you know the pain: Data is everywhere — Files on disks, emails in inboxes, issues in GitHub/Jira No unified view — Each system has its own limited search interface Manual exports — Hours spent copying data into spreadsheets for auditors No audit trail — Can't prove what data existed at a specific time Point-in-time only — No historical tracking of changes What if you could turn all of this into queryable SQL databases and ask questions like: -- Find all PDFs modified in the last 30 days SELECT * FROM files WHERE extension = 'pdf' AND modified > date ( 'now' , '-30 days' ); -- Show emails from vendors about invoices SELECT * FROM emails WHERE sender LIKE '%vendor%' AND subject LIKE '%invoice%' ; -- Track all code changes for SOC 2 audit SELECT * FROM commits WHERE date >…