Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows

Re:Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows by pphysch on Thursday May 28, 2026 @03:50PM (#48314422)

I don't see logs mentioned. I agree with most those applications but would keep my OLAP stuff (metrics, logs, traces) in a separate store like VictoriaMetrics, both for capacity and read activity.

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Re:Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows by buremba on Thursday May 28, 2026 @04:00PM (#48314587)

Yeah I have logs in Sentry, which also uses Postgresql.

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Re:Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows by valyala on Thursday May 28, 2026 @06:27PM (#48316402)

Sentry stores logs in ClickHouse - https://blog.sentry.io/how-sentry-queries-unstructured-data-...

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Re:Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows by buremba on Thursday May 28, 2026 @07:56PM (#48317192)

Thanks for correcting me, I was wondering why I got downvoted. :)

Clickhouse is also great for OLAP for sure

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Re:Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows by TkTech on Thursday May 28, 2026 @04:30PM (#48315026)

pg_timescale can take you pretty far for metrics and would be Good Enough for almost all users. Totally agree on raw, high-volume logs though.

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