You Don't Need Redis, Elasticsearch and Kafka Yet — Postgres Does All Three
Most teams add six datastores before they need one. What Postgres already does for caching, search, queues and JSON — and when to actually split.
Most teams add six datastores before they need one. What Postgres already does for caching, search, queues and JSON — and when to actually split.
If you've built backend systems long enough, sooner or later you run into queues. Sending emails, processing notifications, generating reports, syncing data with third-party APIs, handling background