Just Use Postgres!

appendix A  Five optimization tips

I wrote this book to walk you through the breadth and depth of Postgres’s capabilities. Each chapter is designed as a hands-on technical guide that lets you spin up a Postgres container, load a sample dataset, and experience a Postgres capability in action. My goal is for you to finish each chapter thinking, “Postgres can really do that too!”

To support this kind of learning, I intentionally avoid overloading you with too many details, best practices, or pitfalls: first, because too much too soon might discourage you from using any technology in the first place; and second, because your journey with Postgres shouldn’t end with this book. Once you’re done here, keep building real-world apps with Postgres ...