Re:PostgreSQL is enough (2024)
by clncy on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @07:56PM
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While I love postgres, I take issue with coupling too much application logic to the DB. It’s much easier to update/rollback stateless containers/cloud functions/VMs than to recover a DB.
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Re:PostgreSQL is enough (2024)
by groundzeros2015 on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @08:01PM
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Why is it easier?
You don’t need to operate on the entire database. You can backup or roll back individual tables and schemas.
You can do it, but if you stuff that process up (e.g. touch the wrong tables/schemas) you’re now dealing with a more complex recovery.
Also are you applying migrations with CREATE OR REPLACE etc? I find that much harder to collaborate on than just standard code.
Re:PostgreSQL is enough (2024)
by groundzeros2015 on Thursday June 25, 2026 @10:04AM
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You only need to migrate if you care about the data and once again that can be different for each schema. And the inverse is true, if you don’t migrate it’s because you’re not preserving data.