--- title: I replaced my entire tech stack with Postgres... | daily.dev description: Modern web development often involves using multiple tools, leading to high costs and complexity. However, PostgreSQL, a powerful relational database, can... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-my-entire-tech-stack-with-postgres--yimsbfncg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I replaced my entire tech stack with Postgres... | daily.dev og:description: Modern web development often involves using multiple tools, leading to high costs and complexity. However, PostgreSQL, a powerful relational database, can... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-my-entire-tech-stack-with-postgres--yimsbfncg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yIMSbFNCg.png og:image:alt: I replaced my entire tech stack with Postgres... og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I replaced my entire tech stack with Postgres... **[Fireship](https://daily.dev/sources/fireship)** · 8 min read · 485 upvotes · 17 comments ## Summary Modern web development often involves using multiple tools, leading to high costs and complexity. However, PostgreSQL, a powerful relational database, can handle many tasks typically outsourced to other services. It offers advanced data types, support for unstructured data, extensions for cron jobs, in-memory caching, vector storage, GraphQL, real-time syncing, authentication, analytics, and more. The post emphasizes critically choosing the right tools and showcases how PostgreSQL can simplify full stack application development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@qwertydiy** · 10 upvotes > That's some crazy sticky you can do with Postgres. I will use a few. **@bobbyiliev** · 6 upvotes > What database do you use and why is it Postgres? **@ravindrall** · 2 upvotes > Ah yes, modern web dev: where we stack 15 microservices, a dozen third-party APIs, and burn through five figures a month—only to discover PostgreSQL quietly sitting in the corner like, “I could’ve done most of that, but okay, go off.” **@gsoarescosta** · 2 upvotes > I love Postgres; we all love Postgres! > > But never forget Uncle Ben's words: "With great power comes great responsibility". **@byteoutlaw** · 1 upvotes > After seeing the video I will probably switch from mongo very soon. Just need to do my own research first. Thanks for enlightening @fireship - And should be too goood with grafana! :) Cannot wait to try! Happy coding everyone! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-my-entire-tech-stack-with-postgres--yimsbfncg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I replaced my entire tech stack with Postgres...","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-my-entire-tech-stack-with-postgres--yimsbfncg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-my-entire-tech-stack-with-postgres--yimsbfncg"},"datePublished":"2025-03-04T18:51:06.622Z","dateModified":"2025-03-04T18:51:22.777Z","description":"Modern web development often involves using multiple tools, leading to high costs and complexity. 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