Need help on drivers, add-ons

Folks,

For a variety of projects, I'm trying to assemble a list of "currently
essential" add-ons to PostgreSQL.    However, I'm starting to have sympathy
for PG newbies; as a core team member I can't figure a lot of this out.  For
example:

Which C++ driver is most current?
Which python driver is the most full-featured?

But getting to the point is:

What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of
potential users?

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco