PostgreSQL Streaming Replication in 10 Minutes

While there’s absolutely nothing new in this blog"post"that isn’t covered by the wonderful docs I’ve been asked multiple times now by customers if we had some kind of ‘crib notes’ format for how to get replication up and running. And since I just had to set this up and document it for a customer, I figured I might as well"post"it so that I can simply point people to it in the future. So here we are.

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Hello, eero

I don’t normally back things on Indiegogo (I’m a Kickstarter snob), but I jumped all over the eero. I have always had issues with the wifi coverage in my home. I’ve tried everything I can think of to alleviate the issues; differernt brands of routers, flashing different OSS firmwares, ‘upgrading’ to SOHO equipment instead of consumer equipment, moving them all over the damn house, etc. Nothing solved all the issues. Until now.

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Flyover State

Being a native of Ohio, I can assure you that I’ve heard every form of ‘flyover state’ insult you could care to level at me. And while I won’t debate the merits of Ohio in this post, I will take a minute to point out something that I’ve been saying for quite some time.

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