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4 posts tagged Postgres — buyer's guides, comparisons, and how-tos for developers.

Appwrite vs Supabase vs PocketBase 2026: The Open-Source Backend Showdown
·15 min read

Appwrite vs Supabase vs PocketBase 2026: The Open-Source Backend Showdown

A practical 2026 comparison of the three open-source, self-hostable backends worth building on — Supabase (the Postgres-based Firebase alternative with Auth, Realtime, Storage, Edge Functions and pgvector, and the biggest Next.js ecosystem), Appwrite (the batteries-included BaaS with a document data model, functions in many runtimes, built-in messaging, first-class mobile and Flutter SDKs, and Appwrite Sites hosting), and PocketBase (a single Go binary with embedded SQLite, a built-in admin UI, realtime and auth that you deploy in minutes). Data model, auth, realtime, functions, self-hosting, scaling, licenses, pricing and which one to build — or sell — your next app or template on.

Pinecone vs Weaviate vs pgvector in 2026: Which Vector Database Should Your AI App Use
·14 min read

Pinecone vs Weaviate vs pgvector in 2026: Which Vector Database Should Your AI App Use

A practical Pinecone vs Weaviate vs pgvector comparison for 2026 — the real difference between a fully managed serverless vector database, an open-source vector engine with hybrid search built in, and a Postgres extension that keeps embeddings in the database you already run. Developer experience with Next.js and TypeScript, honest pricing and infrastructure trade-offs, indexing, filtering, hybrid search and re-ranking, scale limits, and which one to ship in a RAG feature, AI SaaS, or template you build, hand off, or sell.