PostGres is enough, but is it fast to code?
Digging into the examples, there’s two separate claims in which “PSQL is enough” according to today’s top post on HN.
PSQL can handle all your data
PSQL can handle all your data operations
A simple difference
The difference between data and operations can be explained with two examples:
example 1 I need to store customer records and have a message queue for incoming requestions. I could do it in psql for storage and redis for queuing, or just psql.
example 2 I need to store customer records and run a cron job on them daily. I could do it in psql for storage and use a system cron, or I could do cron within psql.
PSQL can handle all your data
The claim is you don’t need to use other dbs, you can do it all with psql.
This is awesome for a fast coder. You don’t need to use a different technology for things like nosql, graphql or message queuing. We can use one technol…