maybe you're seeing otherwise but i updated a min ago and 17 isn't there yet. even searching for 'postgres' on homebrew doesn't reveal any options for 17. i don't know where you've found those but it doesn't seem easily available.
and i'm not suggesting you use a cloud service as an alternative to homebrew or local development. neon is pure postgres, the local service is the same as whats in the cloud. but right now there isn't an easy local version and i wanted everyone else to be able to try it quickly.
every year a new postgres release occurs and i want to try out some of the features i have to find a way to get it. usually nobody has it available.
here's the list of homebrew options I see right now:
brew formulae | grep postgresql@ postgresql@10 postgresql@11 postgresql@12 postgresql@13 postgresql@14 postgresql@15 postgresql@16
maybe you're seeing otherwise but i updated a min ago and 17 isn't there yet. even searching for 'postgres' on homebrew doesn't reveal any options for 17. i don't know where you've found those but it doesn't seem easily available.
and i'm not suggesting you use a cloud service as an alternative to homebrew or local development. neon is pure postgres, the local service is the same as whats in the cloud. but right now there isn't an easy local version and i wanted everyone else to be able to try it quickly.