PostgreSQL on Lorbic

Building a Poor Document Store inside PostgreSQL

Sat, 09 May 2026 22:00:00 +0530

The marketing for “schemaless” architecture was brilliant. It promised speed, agility, and a life free from the tyranny of ALTER TABLE migrations. When PostgreSQL introduced JSONB in version 9.4, many developers saw it as a green light to treat Postgres like MongoDB.

I’ve seen this pattern in dozens of codebases. It starts with a single metadata column, but within months, the entire business logic is buried inside a 2MB JSON blob.

PostgreSQL Migrations in Go: Production Schema Patterns with Goose

Fri, 08 May 2026 22:00:00 +0530

Application code is stateless. You can tear down a container and spin up a new one in milliseconds without losing data. Databases are stateful. When you deploy new application logic that requires a new column, an index, or a table, you must transition the physical storage schema from state A to state B without destroying the underlying data or locking the system.

This process is a database migration. Working with databases is the kind of thing I will gladly skip dinner for (:

ClickHouse vs. Postgres: When to Move Your Logs Out of a Relational DB

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:45:00 +0530

Postgres is the most reliable tool in my stack. It handles users, configurations, and complex relations without breaking a sweat. But databases, like any physical system, have a “design limit”. For Postgres, that limit usually appears when you try to use it as a dumping ground for high-velocity logs and metrics.

When your ANALYZE commands start taking minutes and your indexes consume more RAM than your data, you aren’t facing a Postgres bug; you’re facing an architectural mismatch.

Setting Up a PostgreSQL Container: A Quick Guide

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 06:41:46 +0000

Learn the simple and fast process of creating a PostgreSQL container using Docker. This guide provides both the command and a detailed explanation of the container and PostgreSQL database configuration.

1. Create the PostgreSQL Container:

shell

1docker run -d --name postgres \
-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=RunningFlying2 \
-e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata \
-v postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
-p 5432:5432 \
postgres:latest


2. Explanation:

The above command initiates the creation of a container with the latest version of PostgreSQL. Here’s a breakdown of the parameters used: