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Why PostgreSQL Became the Developer Darling
PostgreSQL, born as a university project at Berkeley, has grown into one of the most popular relational databases. Its open-source governance, ACID compliance, and extensibility via extensions like pgvector for AI vector search set it apart. The database supports complex data types and high concurrency, making it suitable for everything from small apps to large-scale systems.
Meridian48 take
The article offers a solid overview but glosses over PostgreSQL's real-world performance trade-offs compared to MySQL for simple web workloads.
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