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by themerone 1159 days ago
Just a few of the things you need to build if you don't do it this way. 1. A storage layer, 2. A network protocol with clients and servers, 3. A replication system, 4. an authentication system. 5. Administrative tools.

If you roll everything yourself, you pretty much have to reinvent everything PostGres has except the SQL and relational aspects.