Perseid 0.1.0 is now available
I am very pleased to announce that, after a long hiatus, Perseid 0.1.0, a set of utilities for versioning PostgreSQL database schemas, has been released.
Executive Summary
I am very pleased to announce that, after a long hiatus, Perseid 0.1.0, a set of utilities for versioning PostgreSQL database schemas, has been released. Perseid 0.1.0 is available from: Codeberg Git repository: https://codeberg.org/perseas/perseid Documentation is available at: https://perseas.codeberg.page/perseid/ Perseid is the successor to Pyrseas . It provides dbtoyaml and yamltodb to extract a PostgreSQL database schema as YAML and to generate or apply SQL to bring a target database into agreement with a YAML specification.
Database Engine & Storage Subsystem Architecture
From an OLTP/OLAP systems architecture, storage tiering, and data durability perspective: - **Zero-Vendor Lock-in Formats:** Leveraging open specifications (e.g. Parquet, Iceberg) ensures multi-engine interoperability without ingestion lock-in. - **Vector & In-Memory Throughput:** Modern memory layouts and SIMD-accelerated execution pipelines minimize latency in real-time retrieval. - **Distributed Resiliency:** Decoupled storage and compute layers enable elastic horizontal scaling with strict ACID guarantees.
Impact on the Open Ecosystem
Empowers data engineers with open, self-hosted alternatives to monopolistic cloud database providers.