Introduction In today's data-intensive landscape, the database you choose has major implications—not only for performance and scalability, but also for flexibility, reliability, long-term maintainability, and innovation. Among open source relational databases, PostgreSQL has evolved far beyond being “just another SQL engine.” It’s now a full-featured, extensible, enterprise-grade platform that supports modern use cases while retaining…

Introduction In the evolving landscape of software development, applications must adapt rapidly, scale unpredictably, and remain resilient under pressure. The monolithic approach—packing all functionality into one codebase—often becomes a liability: hard to maintain, rigid to change, and prone to full-system failures when a single module goes wrong. Enter microservices architecture: a paradigm where a system…