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Sat 12 Mar 2022

Hooks: The secret feature powering the Postgres ecosystem

What do developers mean when they say Postgres is “extensible”? They’re referring to low-level APIs which can change the core functionality of the database. In this post, we will explore a secret — meaning undocumented — feature called hooks which allow developers to not only add features to Postgres, but modify the way that queries are executed and data is parsed.

Source: Hooks: The secret feature powering the Postgres ecosystem, an article by Everett Berry.

The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

To keep this lineup manageable, we only included books originally published as a bound book on paper—which ruled out classics like Journey to the West and One Thousand and One Nights—and ensured they were currently and easily available in print. We also limited the list to one book per author, to avoid crowding it with multiple titles in the same series.

Source: 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, an article by Adam Morgan.