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PostgreSQL is a popular and widely-used SQL relational database. It's used for projects as small as my tiny side projects as well as projects as large as HCB. Since it's used so often, Nest runs an instance of Postgres that you can use without having to spin up a whole new instance that could use a lot of resources.
How to use Nest Postgres
Nest Postgres is just a simple instance of PostgreSQL 16 that you can access with your Nest username and password. To launch the Postgres client, you can simply run:
psql
and you'll enter the interactive Postgres shell where you can run SQL like normal. Since Nest Postgres is publicly accessible, you can also connect to it from any other machine, including wherever your apps may run, such as Vercel!