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.