Store User Data ina DB

[GiovanniSmokes]

Currently users are stored in the file system. We should persist users in the DB

[vporton]

Doing this in a clean way requires changing chat_messages table to refer to a user by numeric ID rather than by user_id (email). Therefore we need database migrations

We need to choose which DB toolkit we will use for migrations:

• SQLAlchemy
• several alternatives

BTW, how much decision power will you allocate to me? Can I solve questions like this one by myself? You, at least, should advise me on whether to use SQLAlchemy or an alternative.

[apssouza22]

@vporton I would not bother with migration, you can just change the table. I am fine adding it though. SQLALchemy is the one I was using in my previous job. It is good enough. 👍