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Should I Use PostgreSQL?
The world's most advanced open-source relational database
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Score
10/10
Yes — the default database choice for almost every project.
▲ Pros
- +Handles relational, JSON, full-text search, and vector data in one database
- +ACID compliance and data integrity you can trust for financial data
- +Massive ecosystem — ORMs, managed hosting, and tooling in every language
- +Extensions (PostGIS, pgvector, TimescaleDB) make it infinitely extensible
▼ Cons
- −Requires more upfront schema design than NoSQL alternatives
- −Performance tuning (indexes, query plans, vacuum) requires expertise
- −Horizontal scaling is harder than MongoDB — though Citus helps
- −Raw SQL can be intimidating for developers used to NoSQL
◉ Expert Perspectives
Database ExpertGo for it
“PostgreSQL is the correct default. Start here and only move to something else when you hit a specific limitation.”
Data EngineerGo for it
“pgvector turned Postgres into a vector database too. We dropped Pinecone and run everything in one database now.”
Startup FounderGo for it
“Supabase, Neon, or Railway — managed Postgres is cheap and easy. There's no reason to start with anything else.”
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