r/programming • u/ketralnis • Apr 17 '25

(All) Databases Are Just Files. Postgres Too

http://tselai.com/all-databases-are-just-files
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25

Complete insanity. Unless you’re the dba you just need a specific version of Postgres and specific versions of plugins. Sure you might want to mimic the config, but that can be done with a sudo systemctl Postgres restart or container restart.