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by endisneigh 999 days ago
It's simply a fact that Postgres does not offer out of the box scaling like MongoDB.

Postgres does have things like Citus, or even wire-protocol compatible things like CockroachDB that do scale, but those are not Postgres.

It's the same situation with MySQL vs. Vitess.

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> but those are not Postgres.

sure, citus is an extension of postgres and part of ecosystem.

And it comes with a bunch of caveats. It's bolted-on horizontal scaling, vs MongoDB where that's the main feature. Yes I still prefer Postgres in general, but it's fair to point out that weakness of it.