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Life-altering Postgres patterns.

Believe it or not, Ethan McHugh does not think that title is clickbait.

He's found the set of things shared in his linked post so valuable that they have indeed altered he and his coworkers' lives for the better.

Here's the list.

Use UUID primary keys.

Give everything created at and updated at.

On update restrict, on delete restrict.

Use schemas.

Enum tables.