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Re:PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs has died in a small air... by cqqxo4zV46cp on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:40AM (#39862502)
Design by committee has downsides. Let’s not put Postgres’ development practices on a pedestal.
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Re:PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs has died in a small air... by jeltz on Friday March 29, 2024 @07:18AM (#39862707)
Design by committee is not really common in the PostgreSQL community. Instead people just work on whatever they or their employer wants to. Makes having a roadmap or cohesive plan impossible but the issues of design by committee rarely show up.
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Re:PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs has died in a small air... by ngrilly on Friday March 29, 2024 @07:38AM (#39862833)
PostgreSQL's development never looked like design by committee.
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Re:PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs has died in a small air... by acdha on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:08AM (#39864990)
Postgres is one of the top open source projects of all time. That doesn’t mean everything is perfect with no room for improvement but almost anyone could learn from what’s worked there.
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