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Re:Go ahead, self-host Postgres by ergonaught on Saturday December 20, 2025 @12:44PM (#46337975)
> Self-hosting a database sounds terrifying.

Is this actually the "common" view (in this context)?

I've got decades with databases so I cannot even begin to fathom where such an attitude would develop, but, is it?

Boggling.

Re:Go ahead, self-host Postgres by Nextgrid on Saturday December 20, 2025 @02:17PM (#46338749)
Over a decade of cloud provider propaganda achieves that. We appear to have lost the basic skill of operating a *nix machine, so anything even remotely close to that now sounds terrifying.

You mean you need to SSH into the box? Horrifying!

Re:Go ahead, self-host Postgres by gnusi on Saturday December 20, 2025 @07:42PM (#46341172)
Can't agree more.