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MTAR T3D Sessions: Why Postgres Is So Hard to Change
In this Postgres Pet Peeves episode, JD sits down with Yurii Rashkovskii to unpack a frustration many experienced engineers quietly share: why is Postgres so difficult to evolve?
The conversation centers on architecture. From tightly coupled storage and transaction layers to row-oriented execution models, Yurii explains why experimenting with new storage engines or fundamentally different designs inside Postgres is far from simple. What looks modular on the surface often reveals deep interdependencies underneath.If you’ve ever pushed Postgres beyond the “average install” and hit architectural…
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