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Examples are written in a clear and factual way, and represent scenarios that can really happen. This is not a surprise: I have known Jimmy for many years, and we worked together on many real-world projects, helping customers address the challenges that they faced. At some point, we were both part of the solutions architecture team, which focuses on combining technologies into consistent solutions. That kind of work provides a wide-angle viewpoint, driven by tangible outcomes and by how these outcomes impact the customer’s business, but it also requires attention to detail and top-level hands-on skills. While working in that role, technical skills are gradually reinforced, and you are exposed to a valuable variety of demanding production environments.

While reading PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, you can recognise the eye of the solutions architect, using theory to filter facts and organize them, while being always ready for a technical deep dive to whatever level of technical detail and practicality that the problem requires.