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Why does everyone run ancient Postgres versions?

by Bryan Clark neon.tech published 2024-10-16

Many companies are running old Postgres versions and missing out on many improvements. The reasons: Postgres works and upgrades suck.

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Databases & Data Systems & Performance 2024

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