> What factors could cause this to be a bad idea? Need for proximity? Network speeds? Security? In short, yes to all. Specifically, fallacy [1] numbers 1, 2,

> What factors could cause this to be a bad idea? Need for proximity? Network speeds? Security? In short, yes to all. Specifically, fallacy [1] numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7. Maybe number 5. None of those are necessarily insurmountable. However, given how relatively lightweight a connection pooler is to operate, especially compared with Postgres itself, it doesn't seem like an attractive target to "outsource". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_compu...