We here are very big fans of Postgres as a database and believe in many cases it is the best database for the job. For many though working with and maintaining Postgres is a steep learning curve, though it doesn’t have to be. Postgres guide is designed as a guide for beginners and experienced users to find specific tips and explore tools available within Postgres. To improve the ease of maintenance there’s currently other great services to help with this such as Heroku Postgres.
If you want to take the quick & painless approach instead, there are great services available such as Heroku Postgres.
This still is still under rapid development. Please send any suggestions (or requests) to craig.kerstiens@gmail.com. If you’re interested in helping to maintain this document please hop over to github and contribute.
Some History
Postgres has gotten much more attention in recent years. It has accelerated its pace, meanwhile other RDMS’s have slowed in releases. Though Postgre SQL/PostgreSQL/Postgres has a very long history in databases, with its very name coming from one of the earliest databases Ingress (Post ingress = Postgres) and its own implementation beginning in 1986.
