TechHacker Newsabout 2 hours ago
Postgres may replace multiple separate systems
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A gist argues that Postgres is good enough for caching, queues, search, documents, and vector embeddings, eliminating the need for Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Snowflake, Kafka, and Pinecone. Adding separate systems increases operational overhead, maintenance burden, and costs. Teams should push Postgres to its limits before adding specialized infrastructure.
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