![]() But its implementation wasn't particularly clean, in a language relatively few GUI folks use (C++), using a dying and buggy GUI framework (wxwidgets). Lastly, I think for a long time Pgadmin3 was seen as not being good, but kinda somewhat acceptable. If you want to make value-add software around core you're not going to do so with a competitor. I think it's overall an advantage, but in some areas like coordinated planning, marketing and coordinated effort it has its downsides too. Thirdly, I think that PG's development is done by a number of different companies, with each company's share of development not being large enough to sustain the project, explains some of this. Often that doesn't turn out to work that well, because it's actually a lot of work, and without input from the larger community they don't get the necessary market penetration. A number companies tried / try to make money selling software around postgres, more enterprise-y tooling among that. So they have to focus on support, training and value-adds. Because of it and the long community support cycles, companies around PG have a hard time making money w/ licensing etc. Which means we're often struggling to get the crucially needed server features done, not to speak of delving into a bunch of features outside of our expertise.Īnother big reason, and that might sound counterintuitive, is PostgreSQL's license. ![]() I think there's plenty of reasons, and everyone will weigh them differently:įor one, the development community is actually surprisingly small, especially a couple years back only in the last few years that's changed to some degree. Why doesn't PostgreSQL have free, enterprise-grade tools? That people working (as a hobby, or as part of their employment) on PG should have stopped doing what they were, and instead focus on doing tooling? Maybe, but given the very very limited number of people and their skills I doubt it'd have been a good trade. ![]() What does "should" mean here? That it'd have been good? Sure. > In fact, it really should have had these tools a decade ago. Justin, if you dislike being quoted, let me know. Justintocci left another comment, which he has since deleted, but since I've spent some time investing in an answer, I'm posting it here.
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