Postgres by Example

A new project called Postgres by Example just arrived with a very straightforward promise: teach people how to use PostgreSQL, a popular tool for storing and organizing data, through step-by-step examples. On paper, it sounds wonderfully practical — from first queries to tables, joins, transactions, and even security. Basically, it wants to be the friendly walk-through for anyone trying to stop staring blankly at a command line and actually learn the thing.

But the real action? The comment section came in hot. One camp was supportive and immediately started tossing in extra homework, with one user recommending Tobias Petry’s books as an easier, more polished companion read via SQL for Devs. The other camp was absolutely not in a generous mood. The sharpest side-eye came from a commenter who recognized the group behind the project and brought up its connection to an earlier AI-generated Zig by Example repo, summing up the vibe with a brutal little “Hard pass.” Ouch.

Then came the quality-control crowd, who said the guide feels too shallow to be truly useful. One critic dragged the odd topic groupings — yes, people really got mad about how subjects were paired together — and argued that key details were missing. So while the site is trying to be beginner-friendly, the community response is split between “nice intro” and “this feels flimsy, rushed, and maybe a little suspicious.” In other words: classic internet launch energy.