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PostgreSQL is one of the strongest default database choices for modern backend systems. It combines relational modeling, ACID transactions, rich SQL support, JSONB, extensibility, and a mature ecosystem.

This case study explains how to design a high-scale lead lookup system for 200M users, where the main requirement is fast lookup by phone number, email address, or SSN while still supporting contact reassignment and full contact history.

This benchmark compares PostgreSQL and ClickHouse using identical data and queries to evaluate performance in a read-heavy analytical workload.

PostgreSQL is easy to start with, but production PostgreSQL has many behaviors that developers usually learn only after slow queries, lock contention, failed migrations, or painful bulk imports.