Aspiring to "use the right tool for the job" leads you into conflict with some of the ideas posted on the gist. To give a concrete example on the first item in

Aspiring to "use the right tool for the job" leads you into conflict with some of the ideas posted on the gist. To give a concrete example on the first item in the gist: if i need periodic jobs - and all the operational headaches that go with (rerunning, ordering, dependencies, logging, yada yada...) - is postgres the right tool for the job? It CAN be, but for most people in most circumstances, it's probably not.