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5 ENGINEERING LESSONS FROM REPLICATING AMAZON RDS POSTGRES WITH RUST
Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter
Amazon RDS has a managed environment that imposes a unique set of constraints which require non-trivial engineering solutions. Working with the service is a constant exercise in navigating abstractions. It requires building tools that are aware of the managed environment's specific constraints and behaviors. The key is not to create RDS like a black box.