PostgreSQL: The database that quietly ate the world

The open source database has slowly but surely become ubiquitous, and has infiltrated the enterprise as a go-to, developer-friendly choice.

PostgreSQL (or just Postgres) is a hugely popular object-relational database. Now while that statement should seem obvious, not everyone will realize just how ubiquitous this community-driven project has become since its humble beginnings all the way back in 1986. “We can’t think of any other technology that has the same level of maturity, while also attracting new developers,” says Ajay Kulkarni, CEO and cofounder of Timescale, a time series database built on Postgres.

Recent studies show the extent of the PostgreSQL takeover.

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