Really nice to see the direction things are moving in... I do feel that the replication&#x2F;failover story needs a lot of work, but there&#x27;s been some progress towards getting it in the box.  Even digging into any kind of HA strategy is cumbersome to say the least (short of a 5-6 figure support contract).  It&#x27;s one of the things that generally stops me from considering PostgreSQL for a lot of projects.  As a side note, I really like how RethinkDB&#x27;s administrative interface is and their failover usage.  It would be great to see something similar reach an integration point for PostgreSQL.<p>I also think that PLv8 should probably make it in the box in the next release or two.  With the addition of JSON and Binary JSON data options, having a procedural interface that leverages JS in the box would be a huge win IMHO.  Though I know some would be adamantly opposed to this idea.