So, you fucked up and it’s postgres’ fault?

All this gate keeping is bullshit, but I do have to agree that we are really bad at actually engineering.

But what actually is “archival”?

Like, what technology normal person has access to counts at least as enthusiast level archival?

Magnetic tape, optical media, flash, HDD all rot away, potentially within frighteningly short timeframes and often with subtle bitrot.