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Re:Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres by sgarland on Thursday October 30, 2025 @08:09AM (#45759131)
Postgres’ need (modulo running it on ZFS) for full-page writes [0], coupled with devs’ apparent need to use UUIDv4 everywhere - along with over-indexing - is a recipe to drag writes down to the floor, yes.

0: https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/impact-full-page-writes

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Re:Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres by mobilemidget on Thursday October 30, 2025 @05:56PM (#45765864)
Did you try uuidv7 yet?
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