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by thaumasiotes 2080 days ago
> I do think one notable defect with the PostgreSQL docs is that they were designed in a time before modern search engines. They are better understood as a written manual in electronic form. Almost always the information you need is there, but possibly not in the chapter that Google will surface. But there are all sorts of tricks you can use if you update your mental model of how to read the PostgreSQL docs. For example, there's an old-style index!

I think of the Postgres docs as significantly better than most other documentation for this reason. The information is there and it's organized in a way that makes sense.