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Improving PostgreSQL: How to Overcome the Tough Challenges

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Re: Improving PostgreSQL: How to Overcome the Tough Challenges

#5

Definitely agree with Branson's top 10 of challenges with PostgreSQL, especially #3: "Inefficient Replication That Spreads Corruption". Postgres WAL entries are always the bottleneck of a replication stream.

Interesting, that's the one I don't really agree with. Bottleneck, yes, because it is a monolithic stream for the whole database. But corruption?

Re: Improving PostgreSQL: How to Overcome the Tough Challenges

#7

Does Yugabyte actually contribute to Postgres or just use their code?

Yes, everything Yugabyte does is open source

Open sourcing the changes doesn't mean contributing back to PostgreSQL: Someone has to put in effort to push changes into upstream PostgreSQL, and if it's not Yugabyte, then IMO they're not contributing back.