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Re:Show HN: Centia.io – Open PostgreSQL/PostGIS back end for... by nullfield on Sunday October 26, 2025 @11:19PM (#45717084)
So my very first question, after opening your page, is “what does this get me, if anything, to offset the very large decrease in efficiency vs. the native wireline protocol, given that it’s implemented pretty much everywhere?”
Re:Show HN: Centia.io – Open PostgreSQL/PostGIS back end for... by mhoegh on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @06:03AM (#45730979)
It enables you to use Postgres without the wireline protocol
Re:Show HN: Centia.io – Open PostgreSQL/PostGIS back end for... by whizzter on Monday November 03, 2025 @07:03AM (#45798178)
Feels like they're trying to make something alike PostgREST (and sell it as a service), ie being able to skip backend coding and this manages brokering and permissions for frontends that does most of the job anyhow.
Re:Show HN: Centia.io – Open PostgreSQL/PostGIS back end for... by mhoegh on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @11:10AM (#45812581)
That’s right. You can compare it to Pocketbase, but with PG as storage. It is open source and it’s easy to self host