Re: Large scale reliable software system

On 6/27/23 07:58, Merlin Moncure wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 6:49 PM B M <bmmasprep(at)gmail(dot)com
> <mailto:bmmasprep(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> After greeting,
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> I taught PostgreSQL myself and developed a small scale
> experimentalsoftware system using PostgreSQL in the back-end.
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> I would like to know your advices to develop a large scale reliable
> software system using PostgreSQL in the back-end, through which i
> can share the storage with the different system users where they
> login to the system through the web application front-end with
> different passwords and usernames , save the privacy of each user
> data, improve overall system security and performance, achieve fast
> response, make backups and save the stored data from loss. The
> system will be hosted on a cloud.
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> Thank you in advance.
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> * your sql is code, and treat it as such, check it into git etc
> * robust deployment strategy is essential to scaling team
> * write a lot of tests
> * become intimate with pg_stat_statements
> * keep your transactions as short as possible while preserving safety
> * avoid developers who advocate for keeping business logic out of the
> database religiously (controversial)
> * try to avoid assumptions that only one technical stack interacts with
> your database
> * do not waste time making ERDs use a tool that generates them (i like
> schemaspy)
> * test your DR strategy before disaster strikes
> * think about security model up front

+1

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> merlin
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