Aging like fine wine
PostgreSQL has been around since 1986, making it one of the oldest actively developed databases.
It began as the POSTGRES project at UC Berkeley, led by Michael Stonebraker, who also developed the influential Ingres database. Despite its age, PostgreSQL has maintained a reputation for innovation and resilience, consistently adopting modern features like JSONB support for unstructured data, advanced indexing techniques, and full-text search.
PostgreSQL’s commitment to standards compliance and its powerful concurrency control model (Multi-Version Concurrency Control, or MVCC) also set it apart. MVCC allows high-performance read and write operations by minimizing lock contention, a huge advantage in multi-user environments. These traits contribute to PostgreSQL’s popularity in both enterprise and startup settings, as it offers flexibility along with rock-solid stability.
