Migrating to or off PostgreSQL is slow and risky

Data engineering2 posts from 2 people2d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)Unverified

Posts per day2 posts, Sep 26 to Oct 21

The posts behind it

2, newest first

GitHub issuesOct 12 Project stuck after failed pause/restart - DB unreachable (sanmjhwlpegkrpdegcyx, ap-south-1)## Summary Free-plan project is stuck and its database is unreachable. Restart and pause requests are accepted but never settle. - Project ref: sanmjhwlpegkrpdegcyx - Region: ap-south-1 (Mumbai), Free plan, Nano compute ## What happened (all times IST, Oct 12, 2026) - ~22:30:...supabase/supabase · sarkari-agent-instinct1 repliesOpen ↗Hacker NewsSep 26 ...relatively modern in terms of hardware support but still behind the times and we were struggling to manufacture new systems. The company was very small, so a full rewrite was investigated--I did a prototype using PostgreSQL and Gtkmm--but it wasn't realistic. Today, an AI could...Hacker News comments · rleighOpen ↗

Companies and products named

Named2 posts

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AWS

About this problem

Evidence

2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 17 days. Mostly on Hacker News comments, supabase/supabase. Tools named alongside: Supabase, AWS.

Frustration Frustration 0 of 3· Seen on Hacker News, GitHub issues

How it was grouped

Posts that state a pain and match the "migration" rule about PostgreSQL. First post Sep 26, 2026, latest Oct 12, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method

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History

MomentumOct 19, 2026steady to fading

AddedOct 17, 2026Migrating to or off PostgreSQL is slow and risky (2 posts)