pgxman
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postgres extension manager
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
2 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Idea makes sense and fills a real gap in the Postgres ecosystem
From 2 comments
I didn't even know I wanted this, but after seeing it, makes 100% sense! What an incredibly good idea. Edit: Looks like there is some existing (partial) competition from pgxn:…
metadat on HNI've always felt like Postgres extensions are under-utilized, a main reason for that has to be not being able to find extensions easily and there not being a great ecosystem…
ciminelli on HN
Objections
Browser page render is very CPU heavy
From 2 comments
ooof, that render on the homepage consistently brings my Chrome browser to its knees.
grilledchickenw on HNSame on Brave, 700% CPU usage before I closed the page.
steve-chavez on HN
Relies on global system state rather than per-project install
From 1 comment
A core part of npm is that the dependencies are installed in the folder/project you are working in (unless you use the --global flag which is discouraged for most use-cases). Can…
SahAssar on HN
Requests
Host APT packages in an online repository installable without pgxman
From 1 comment
> pgxman’s automated build system creates [APT] packages Could these packages be put in a repository online, so that they can be installed without using pgxman?
matthews2 on HN
Support for Docker images and other package managers
From 2 comments
Interesting - does it work with the existing postgres apt/yum repos? Does it work with the postgres Docker image? Can I: ``` FROM postgres (...get pxman) pgxman install ... ```
e12e on HN> does it work with the existing postgres apt/yum repos? We only support apt for now but plan to support other package managers in the future. It works with existing Postgres apt…
wuputah on HN
Questions
Does it work with existing Postgres apt/yum repositories
From 2 comments
Interesting - does it work with the existing postgres apt/yum repos? Does it work with the postgres Docker image? Can I: ``` FROM postgres (...get pxman) pgxman install ... ```
e12e on HN> does it work with the existing postgres apt/yum repos? We only support apt for now but plan to support other package managers in the future. It works with existing Postgres apt…
wuputah on HN
Alternatives named
PGXN
From 2 comments
Other related projects: * PGXN (https://pgxn.org/ - the original Postgres community extension repository, though more "old school") * Trunk by Tembo…
lfittl on HNI didn't even know I wanted this, but after seeing it, makes 100% sense! What an incredibly good idea. Edit: Looks like there is some existing (partial) competition from pgxn:…
metadat on HN
Trunk by Tembo
From 1 comment
Other related projects: * PGXN (https://pgxn.org/ - the original Postgres community extension repository, though more "old school") * Trunk by Tembo…
lfittl on HN
Postgres YUM and APT repositories
From 1 comment
Other related projects: * PGXN (https://pgxn.org/ - the original Postgres community extension repository, though more "old school") * Trunk by Tembo…
lfittl on HN
database.dev (Supabase)
From 1 comment
Also database.dev, specifically for Trusted Language Extensions: https://supabase.com/blog/dbdev
kiwicopple on HN