An airhacks.fm conversation with Alvaro Hernandez (@ahachete) about:

discussion about stackgres as a complete database cloud solution for PostgreSQL,

kubernetes as an abstraction layer over infrastructure providing a programmable API,

Stackgres offering high availability with primary and replica nodes using patroni,

integrated connection pooling with PgBouncer,

kubernetes operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) as a powerful way to extend Kubernetes,

day two operations automated through CRDs including benchmarks and version upgrades,

Stackgres supporting sharding with Citus for horizontal scaling similar to DynamoDB,

Change Data Capture capabilities using embedded debezium,

failover mechanisms taking typically 30 seconds with DNS updates,

synchronous vs asynchronous replication options affecting data loss during failover,

Stackgres being implemented in Java using quarkus,

ContainerD as a programmable container runtime that can be used without Kubernetes,

Stackgres offering multiple interfaces including CRDs,

REST API,

and a web console,

considerations for running databases on Kubernetes vs cloud-managed services,

the advantages of containerization for infrastructure,

the challenges of multi-leader setups in PostgreSQL requiring conflict resolution,

the value of Kubernetes for on-premises deployments vs cloud environments