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Re:What’s so exciting about Postgres? by systemvoltage on Friday October 30, 2020 @11:35PM (#24948948)
I don't understand, can you please explain?

> Inexperience grows from the bottom

In what way?

> I've gotten "better" by simply being too stubborn to get worse

How does one get better by wanting to get worse?

This makes no sense to me.

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Re:What’s so exciting about Postgres? by btschaegg on Saturday October 31, 2020 @03:18AM (#24949667)
I read it as "refusing to get worse". Which implies that your environmnent is getting worse, making you better by comparison.

I'm not sure I agree, but I can understand the sentiment.

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