Owning the pipe: physical replication, cloud neutrality, and the escape from DBaaS lock-in

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:32:59 +1000

This article examines how managed database services deliberately suppress access to the physical replication stream, turning operational convenience into permanent lock-in. It makes the case for a cloud-neutral stack — PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and CloudNativePG — as the only architecture that returns full operational sovereignty to the organisation that owns the data.

Physical-Replication on Unleashing the Power of Postgres in Kubernetes

Owning the pipe: physical replication, cloud neutrality, and the escape from DBaaS lock-in