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getnormality
8 days ago
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It's 2026, Just Use Postgres
How does Postgres stack up against columnar databases like Vertica and DuckDB for analytical queries?
direwolf20
8 days ago
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Not great. It works but the performance isn't ideal for this case. Still the advice is sound. You can build a new analytics system when you're doing enough analytical queries on enough data to bog down the primary system.
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