What made Gwen Shapira switch from Oracle to Postgres?

Licensing costs, vendor lock-in, and Postgres's rapid feature parity—plus extensions for modern workloads like AI vectors.

Why did NoSQL fail Gwen's teams?

Schemaless data led to integrity issues, hard-to-debug queries, and ops nightmares in production at enterprise scale.

Is Postgres better than Oracle for enterprises?

For most? Yes—cheaper, flexible, extensible. Oracle wins niche OLTP extremes, but Postgres covers 80% better.

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Gwen Shapira's Escape from Oracle: The NoSQL Trap and Postgres Redemption

In a world where Oracle still commands billion-dollar loyalty, Gwen Shapira walked away—for Postgres. Her story exposes the NoSQL hype crash and the quiet power shift underway.

theAIcatchup Apr 11, 2026 3 min read

Gwen Shapira on podcast discussing Oracle to Postgres shift with NoSQL lessons

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Postgres surges in popularity, hitting DB-Engines top 5 as Oracle slips. 𝕏
NoSQL's schemaless promise crumbled under enterprise data integrity needs. 𝕏
Postgres extensions like pgvector position it as the hybrid DB for AI era. 𝕏

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