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The startup's Postgres survival guide
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A survival guide for Postgres provides strategies to prevent system failures based on two years of practical experience. The guide aims to offer concise, actionable insights for engineers facing Postgres challenges.
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- Praise: Using pgbackrest for point-in-time recovery has proven to be a game-changer, making backup processes smoother and more reliable than previous custom solutions.
- Praise: Running Postgres on a $10 VPS is a viable option for many, especially when you're bootstrapping and want to save costs without sacrificing functionality.
- Praise: The advice on deterministic lock ordering is gold — it could save developers from deadlocks, which is crucial for maintaining app performance.
- Concern: Many commenters express that Postgres can become prohibitively expensive for solo founders trying to bootstrap, especially when free-tier alternatives seem more viable.
- Concern: Relying on cascading deletes is seen as risky and 'magic' by some, highlighting the confusion it can cause for developers who primarily work outside of the database realm.