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Re:EdgeDB is now Gel and Postgres is the future by dvtkrlbs on Saturday March 01, 2025 @04:37PM (#43223939)
Postgres definitely needs github like tooling that does always online migrations. iirc githhub's migration tool was open source right?

Edit: yes it was https://github.com/github/gh-ost

Re:EdgeDB is now Gel and Postgres is the future by dvtkrlbs on Saturday March 01, 2025 @04:39PM (#43223958)
And someone can correct me if I am wrong but really similar migrations are possible with Postgres I remember reading an article about some company doing a similar migration strategy using postgres publications. We just need better tooling.