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Re:Postgres WASM by kiwicopple on Monday October 03, 2022 @10:56AM (#33068361)
There are some things that are uniquely beneficial for Postgres beyond the data storage - the main one I'm excited about is using PostGIS inside the browswer.

OSM + PostGIS in the browser has the potential to do for Maps, what Figma's WASM approach did for design.

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Re:Postgres WASM by bobmaxup on Monday October 03, 2022 @09:12PM (#33075694)
> OSM + PostGIS in the browser has the potential to do for Maps, what Figma's WASM approach did for design.

Can you elaborate on this analogy?

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Re:Postgres WASM by dahfizz on Monday October 03, 2022 @11:21AM (#33068777)
But why is it relevant that PostGIS runs inside the browser?
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Re:Postgres WASM by kiwicopple on Monday October 03, 2022 @11:49AM (#33069185)
It's only relevant in that it "extends" the browser with a set of capabilities that it doesn't already have. You could also run everything via hosted database, but there may be situations where that is less-optimal than downloading the dataset once and leveraging the "offline compute" of a browser tab (for example, applications like ArcGIS Online)
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