> Seriously! That's crazy

huh? it does what it says on the tin. nothing crazy about it.

They spell out for you in detail what they offer: https://fly.io/docs/postgres/getting-started/what-you-should...

And suggest external providers if you need managed postgres: https://fly.io/docs/postgres/getting-started/what-you-should...

I was shocked because I didn't realise it wasn't managed. Even Digital Ocean offer managed Postgres.

If you are offering a service like Fly I think the database should be managed personally, the whole point of Fly.io is to provide abstractions to make production simpler.

Do you think the type of user who is using fly.io is interested in or capable of managing their own Postgres database? I'd rather just trust RDS or another provider.

> Do you think the type of user who is using fly.io is interested in or capable of managing their own Postgres database?

Honestly.. kinda, yeah

At least I'm projecting my weird "I want to love you for some reason, Fly" plus my skillset onto anyone else that wants to love Fly too haha

They feel very developer/nerd/HN/tinkerer targeted

Yep, I never really trusted managed databases. It just feels like one of those things that's so important to your app that not having full control of it is weird.