# Bring Postgres relationships to light

DevFeed: [Bring Postgres relationships to light](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bring-postgres-relationships-to-light-5052.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/bring-postgres-relationships-to-light>)

Author: Brandon Strittmatter

Published: 2024-08-08T17:15:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Structured-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structured-data.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [integrity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integrity.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [schema-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema-design.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) visualize database tables, columns, and relationships. It focuses on using ERDs to understand Postgres schemas, primary and foreign keys, data integrity, schema design, and the impact of database complexity.

## Source excerpt

Have you ever stared at a complex database and thought, "What the F#!% did I get myself into?" If so, you're not alone. Tables multiply, relationships tangle, and before you know it, you are lost in a monster of your own making, or worse, somebody else's. This is where something...