I have really tried to let the optimizer do its thing and generally it does and everything's ok.

Until its not and then I want hints to save my ass, and they are not hints, I want want to TELL the f'ing computer what to do because I know better than the optimizer period.

So surprised to find out PG doesn't support hints don't think I will ever be able to move anything serious until it does, just not going to take that kind of risk.

I have played the whole rewrite query to try and convince the optimizer what to do with barrier tricks, no thanks, give me some hints and I will tell it exactly what to do when thanks.