{"product_id":"just-use-postgres-all-the-database-you-need-9781633435698","title":"Just Use Postgres!: All the Database You Need","description":"\u003cb\u003eYou probably don't need a collection of specialty databases. Just use Postgres instead!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten for application developers and database pros, \u003ci\u003eJust Use Postgres!\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how to get the most out of the powerful Postgres database. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eJust Use Postgres! \u003c\/i\u003eyou'll learn how to: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Use Postgres as an RDBMS for transactional workloads\u003cbr\u003e - Develop generative AI, geospatial, and time-series applications\u003cbr\u003e - Take advantage of modern SQL including window functions and CTEs\u003cbr\u003e - Perform full-text search and process JSON documents\u003cbr\u003e - Use Postgres as a message queue\u003cbr\u003e - Optimize performance with various index types including B-trees, GIN, GiST, HNSW, and more \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the decades, PostgreSQL, aka Postgres, has grown into the most powerful general-purpose database and has become the de facto standard for developers worldwide. Just Use Postgres! takes a modern look at Postgres, exploring the database's most up-to-date features for AI, time-series, full-text search, geospatial, and other application workloads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Foreword by Josh Long. Afterword by Vlad Mihalcea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the technology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e You know that PostgreSQL is a fast, reliable, SQL compliant RDBMS. You may not know that it's also great for geospatial systems, time series, full-text search, JSON documents, AI vector embeddings, and many other specialty database functions. For almost any data task you can imagine, you can use Postgres. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eJust Use Postgres!\u003c\/i\u003e covers recipes for using Postgres in dozens of applications normally reserved for single-purpose databases. Written for busy application developers, each chapter explores a different use case illuminating the breadth and depth of Postgres's capabilities. Along the way, you'll also meet an incredible ecosystem of Postgres extensions like pgvector, PostGIS, pgmq, and TimescaleDB. 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