Hacker News Reader

I use PG with Entity Framework in .NET and at least 90% of my queries don't need any PG-specific features.

When I need something PG specific I have options like writing raw SQL queries.

Having most of my data layer in C# is fantastic for productivity and in most cases the performance compared to SQL is negligible.

View on HN

Coming from Javaland to C#, Entity Framework is a breath of fresh air.

The Npgsql driver automatically applies PG-specific tricks without me having to do anything special

The only path I had to do myself is the data ingress point that had some race condition issues, everything else seems to perform pretty well out of the box.

Entity Framework really is such a time saver. The PG adapter makes it a breeze not just with common queries, but also more recent stuff, like working with embeddings for vector search.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com