The author shares their frustration about rising costs of various SaaS tools they were using, totaling 23 services and feeling like paying protection money to the SaaS industry.
They had an idea to leverage PostgreSQL's extension system to handle functionalities previously reliant on paid tools, such as authentication, AI features, and session caching.
PostgreSQL's extensions like pg_cron, pgvector, and pg_graphql allow for features like cron jobs, vector search, and real-time events without the need for separate services.