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The four horsemen behind Postgres outages

https://malisper.me/the-four-horsemen-behind-thousands-of-postgres-outages/
14•craigkerstiens•3d ago

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dmitrijbelikov•20m ago
If you understand Postgres's problems so well (though in reality, such problems can occur in many applications, and it's unclear how your rewritten version attempts to solve them), then why not address them in the main branch by becoming a contributor. Less code and more value.
zaik•7m ago
It is explained in the article: Any of those changes require massive or incompatible changes.
hoppp•4m ago
So they want 100% compatibility first and then implement features that require massive and incompatible changes?

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