[HN Gopher] We rewrote OpenFGA in pure Postgres
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We rewrote OpenFGA in pure Postgres
Author : wbadart
Score : 18 points
Date : 2025-10-21 20:52 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| ygouzerh wrote:
| Interesting read! It kind of a became a rule nowadays to never
| store logic in the database nowadays, but it's always refreshing
| to see when it could work. Please give us an update in few months
| of how it is going on the long run!
| esafak wrote:
| I have similar concerns, like how to reconcile authz with search.
| Search wants to be its own thing, and so does authz. Pray tell
| how I'm supposed to get a paginated list of authorized results?
| You have to filter or have the search service call the authz
| service. Life is easier when the main database can handle
| everything.
|
| We should develop and translate this extension to other
| databases.
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