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PostgreSQL 18 for Data Integration: Build Modern ETL, CDC, Streaming, and Analytics Pipelines with PostgreSQL 18
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DatabasesGeneral ComputersProgramming
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 26 2026
Pages: 516
Weight: 2.61
Height: 1.04 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Modern data platforms are no longer powered by simple databases alone. They run on highly distributed, real-time, fault-tolerant systems capable of processing millions of transactions, synchronizing data across services, and delivering instant analytics at scale. The real challenge is not storing data anymore. It is designing platforms that remain fast, reliable, secure, and operational under constant growth and production pressure.
This book is your complete guide to building production-grade PostgreSQL data engineering systems from the ground up.
Designed for developers, database engineers, backend architects, DevOps professionals, and modern data teams, this book goes far beyond basic SQL and administration. You will learn how to design scalable integration architectures, implement high-availability PostgreSQL clusters, build real-time CDC pipelines, optimize distributed workloads, manage schema evolution safely, deploy resilient cloud-native systems, and operate enterprise-grade data platforms with confidence.
Instead of overwhelming you with theory, this book focuses on practical engineering. Every major concept is supported with detailed explanations, real-world architectural patterns, modern deployment strategies, and fully working examples using PostgreSQL 18, Docker, Kubernetes, replication systems, streaming pipelines, monitoring stacks, and modern orchestration tools.
Inside this book, you will learn how to:
- Design scalable data integration and ETL systems
- Build real-time multi-system data platforms
- Implement replication, failover, and high-availability architectures
- Optimize PostgreSQL performance for enterprise workloads
- Handle schema migrations and zero-downtime deployments safely
- Deploy PostgreSQL systems using Docker and Kubernetes
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and automate production database operations
- Expand PostgreSQL into modern cloud-native and distributed ecosystems
What makes this book different is its strong production-first approach. Rather than teaching isolated database concepts, it shows you how modern engineering teams build complete operational platforms that survive real-world scale, outages, migrations, and evolving business demands. The content bridges the gap between database administration, backend engineering, DevOps, distributed systems, and modern data engineering practices in one cohesive learning path.
Whether you are building internal enterprise platforms, SaaS infrastructure, analytics systems, event-driven architectures, or cloud-native applications, this book equips you with the technical depth and practical experience needed to design systems that are fast, resilient, maintainable, and ready for production.
If you want to move beyond basic PostgreSQL usage and master the architecture, scaling, automation, and operational strategies behind modern data platforms, this book will become an essential part of your engineering toolkit.
Build systems that scale. Design platforms that last. Master PostgreSQL data engineering at production level.
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