PostgreSQL
4 recommend 1 criticize 1 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“I think for most teams the odds of hitting a concurrency bug in PostgreSQL are much lower than the odds of hitting a concurrency bug in your own complicated bespoke…”read full quote
“I think for most teams the odds of hitting a concurrency bug in PostgreSQL are much lower than the odds of hitting a concurrency bug in your own complicated bespoke in-house distributed system.”
“If the numbers can be satisfied by a Postgres then thats the correct answer.”MrBuddyCasino, 2026-03-04original comment ↗
“so i migrated to postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY, which doesn't work for a lot of uses, but is perfectly fine for mine.”coreylane, 2026-02-25original comment ↗
“Developers want to use Postgres, not a distributed ledger.”kyle-rb, 2025-12-08original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“we switched from Druid+postgres+trino to just one big clickhouse node and I’ve never looked back.”mial, 2026-06-20original comment ↗
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